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Dexter Filkins (Dexter Price Filkins)

Last Updated: 19 May, 2023 | Views: 440

Age: 63

Profession: Journalist

Other Profession(s): Author

Famous For: Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, war correspondent

Higher Education: St Antony's College, Oxford (MPhil)

Dexter Filkins Religion, Birthday, Age

Date of Birth

24 May, 1961 (63 Years 06 Months 11 Days)

Birth Country

United States

Birth State/Province

Ohio

Birth District

Cincinnati

Birth Sign

Gemini

Nationalities

American

Dexter Filkins Early life, Education, Career, Awards, Achievements, Controversy, Unknown Facts

About (Profile/Biography):
Dexter Price Filkins is a journalist from the United States who is best known for his work for The New York Times covering the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was a nominee for the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for his reports from Afghanistan, and he and a group of Times writers shared the award in 2009 for their reports from Pakistan and Afghanistan. He has been referred to as "the greatest battle journalist of his generation." The New Yorker is where he presently writes. Filkins obtained a Master of Philosophy in international affairs at Oxford University in 1984 after receiving a B.A. in political science from the Florida University in 1983. He studied there at St Antony's College.

Career:
In 2000: Filkins was the Los Angeles Times' New Delhi bureau chief for three years before joining the Times.
From 2003 to 2006: He provided updates from the Iraqi Baghdad office of The New York Times.
In 2006 to 2007: Filkins was a Nieman Fellow at Harvard University.
In 2007 to 2008: He worked at the Harvard Kennedy School's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy as a fellow.
In 2011: Filkins began working for The New Yorker.

Achievements and Awards:
In 2009: Filkins received a National Magazine Award for his story, "Right At The Edge."
In 2010: As one of the ten best pieces of journalism from the decade, his reporting from Iraq and Afghanistan was selected by New York University.
In 2011: A National Magazine Award was given to Filkins for his book "Bedrooms of the Fallen".

Unknown Facts:
His book The Forever War (2008), which chronicles his experiences in Afghanistan and Iraq, was a New York Times bestseller.
An article by Filkins entitled "Right at the Edge" (September 7, 2008) was part of the New York Times' body of work that won the 2009 Pulitzer Prize for distinguished international journalism.