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In 2012, de Bellaigue's book about Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mossadegh, ''Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup'', was published.<ref>Patriot of Persia by Christopher de Bellaigue – [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/02/patriot-persia-christopher-bellaigue-review Review by James Buchan], ''The Guardian'', 2 March 2012.</ref><ref>''The New York Review of Books'', 16 August 2012, [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/aug/16/crass-and-consequential-error/ "A Crass and Consequential Error,"] reviewing the book "Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup" by Christopher de Bellaigue.</ref>
In 2012, de Bellaigue's book about Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mossadegh, ''Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup'', was published.<ref>Patriot of Persia by Christopher de Bellaigue – [https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/mar/02/patriot-persia-christopher-bellaigue-review Review by James Buchan], ''The Guardian'', 2 March 2012.</ref><ref>''The New York Review of Books'', 16 August 2012, [http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2012/aug/16/crass-and-consequential-error/ "A Crass and Consequential Error,"] reviewing the book "Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup" by Christopher de Bellaigue.</ref>


==''Rebel Land''==
==Armenian Genocide denial==

He wrote ''Rebel Land: Among Turkey's Forgotten People'', an account of the three years he lived in [[Varto]], after publishing an essay in the ''[[New York Review of Books]]'' about the [[Armenian Genocide|"deportations and massacres" of Armenians]] in 1915. This was after he had been accused by Harvard Professor [[James R. Russell]] in engaging in [[Armenian Genocide denial]]<ref>{{cite journal|last=Russell|first=James R.|authorlink=James R. Russell|title=Massacres of the Armenians|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2001/aug/09/massacres-armenians/|journal=[[The New York Review of Books]]|date=9 August 2001}}</ref> and scolded by editor [[Robert Silvers]] for acting as an "apologist" for the Turks.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/books/03garner.html?scp=1&sq=Look%20as%20the%20Snarled%20Past%20of%20Armenians%20and%20Turks&st=cse | title=A Look as the Snarled Past of Armenians and Turks | first=Dwight | last=Garner | newspaper=New York Times | date=3 March 2010}}</ref>
De Bellaigue's 2010 book ''Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town'' is based largely on research he conducted in Vatro, a small town in southeastern Turkey.<ref name=garner>{{cite news | url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/03/books/03garner.html?scp=1&sq=Look%20as%20the%20Snarled%20Past%20of%20Armenians%20and%20Turks&st=cse | title=A Look as the Snarled Past of Armenians and Turks | first=Dwight | last=Garner | newspaper=New York Times | date=3 March 2010}}</ref> The book begins with a story of de Bellaigue's essay published in the ''[[New York Review of Books]]'', whose allusion to the [[Armenian Genocide]] prompted a letter from the Harvard Professor [[James R. Russell]] accusing de Bellaigue of promoting denialist views, as well as criticism from the magazine's editor [[Robert Silvers]].<ref name=garner/><ref name=rebel>{{cite book|author=Christopher de Bellaigue|title=Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town|publisher=Penguin|year=2010|pages=12-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|last=Russell|first=James R.|authorlink=James R. Russell|title=Massacres of the Armenians|url=http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2001/aug/09/massacres-armenians/|journal=[[The New York Review of Books]]|date=9 August 2001}}</ref> Dismayed to realize that he had gotten his information on these events only from Turkish and pro-Turkish writers, de Bellaigue set out to find out the truth through his own research.<ref name=garner/><ref name=rebel/> In his book de Bellaigue criticizes the Turkish historians who, he argues, have whitewashed the history surrounding the Armenian Genocide, and also "worries that 'a genocide fixation' has blinded both sides to all shades of gray".<ref name=garner/> In a ''New York Times'' review, Dwight Garner calls the book "murky and uneven" and "as much memoir as proper history".<ref name=garner/>


==Books==
==Books==

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Christopher de Bellaigue (born 1971 in London) is a journalist who has worked on the Middle East and South Asia since 1994. His work mostly chronicles developments in Iran and Turkey.

Biography

De Bellaigue is from an Anglo-French background. He obtained a BA and MA in Oriental Studies from the University of Cambridge, where he was a student at Fitzwilliam College.[1] His first book, In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran, was shortlisted for the Royal Society of Literature's Ondaatje Prize. In 2007-2008, he was a visiting fellow at St Antony's College, Oxford, where he began work on an anticipated biography of the Iranian prime minister, Mohammad Mossadegh.

De Bellaigue is a frequent contributor to the The Guardian, New York Review of Books, Granta, and The New Yorker, among other publications. He was formerly the Tehran correspondent for The Economist. He lives in London with his wife Bita Ghezelayagh, who is an Iranian architect, and two children. [2]

In 2012, de Bellaigue's book about Prime Minister of Iran Mohammad Mossadegh, Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup, was published.[3][4]

Rebel Land

De Bellaigue's 2010 book Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town is based largely on research he conducted in Vatro, a small town in southeastern Turkey.[5] The book begins with a story of de Bellaigue's essay published in the New York Review of Books, whose allusion to the Armenian Genocide prompted a letter from the Harvard Professor James R. Russell accusing de Bellaigue of promoting denialist views, as well as criticism from the magazine's editor Robert Silvers.[5][6][7] Dismayed to realize that he had gotten his information on these events only from Turkish and pro-Turkish writers, de Bellaigue set out to find out the truth through his own research.[5][6] In his book de Bellaigue criticizes the Turkish historians who, he argues, have whitewashed the history surrounding the Armenian Genocide, and also "worries that 'a genocide fixation' has blinded both sides to all shades of gray".[5] In a New York Times review, Dwight Garner calls the book "murky and uneven" and "as much memoir as proper history".[5]

Books

  • The Islamic Enlightenment: The Modern Struggle Between Faith and Reason (2017)
  • Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup (2012)
  • Rebel Land: Among Turkey's Forgotten People (2009)
  • The Struggle for Iran (2007)
  • In the Rose Garden of the Martyrs: A Memoir of Iran (2005)

Documentaries

External links

References

  1. ^ "Cambridge in America Books". Cambridge in America. 2010. Retrieved 30 November 2010.
  2. ^ "Diary". London Review of Books. 5 July 2001. Retrieved 27 August 2010.
  3. ^ Patriot of Persia by Christopher de Bellaigue – Review by James Buchan, The Guardian, 2 March 2012.
  4. ^ The New York Review of Books, 16 August 2012, "A Crass and Consequential Error," reviewing the book "Patriot of Persia: Muhammad Mossadegh and a Tragic Anglo-American Coup" by Christopher de Bellaigue.
  5. ^ a b c d e Garner, Dwight (3 March 2010). "A Look as the Snarled Past of Armenians and Turks". New York Times.
  6. ^ a b Christopher de Bellaigue (2010). Rebel Land: Unraveling the Riddle of History in a Turkish Town. Penguin. pp. 12–15.
  7. ^ Russell, James R. (9 August 2001). "Massacres of the Armenians". The New York Review of Books.
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