Joris Luyendijk
Joris Luyendijk (* 1971 in Amsterdam ) is a Dutch non-fiction author and journalist .
Life
Joris Luyendijk studied social sciences and Arabic in Kansas , Amsterdam and Cairo . His first book, The Children of Midaq Alley. One Year Cairo (1998, Een goede man slaat soms zijn vrouw ) describes Egyptian society from a western perspective and is based on Luyendijk's experiences during his student days in Cairo. It also caused a stir because of its original title, which translates as "A good man sometimes beats his wife" , a saying by an Egyptian student.
As a foreign correspondent for the newspapers de Volkskrant and NRC Handelsblad as well as the NOS radio station , he reported for them between 1998 and 2003 in the Middle East from Egypt, Lebanon and Israel . He describes the experiences he has gained in this way in a media-critical manner in his book As in Real Life , published in 2006 . About pictures and lies in times of war ( Het zijn net mensen ), in which he shows how important it is to critically question the news from the crisis areas, as the television pictures shown, for example, are often staged and do not always reflect the prevailing mood. He also points out, among other things, that foreign correspondents are often not at the place they are reporting on, but in a completely different country, so that they often have little information themselves. The book was a huge success in the Netherlands, selling 120,000 copies within a year, although there were hardly any reviews.
In 2006 Luyendijk received the Dick Scherpenzeel Prijs press award .
In 2011 he took on a job as a writer for the British daily The Guardian in London. With little specialist knowledge, he started a blog there about the financial system affected by a global crisis, in which he let the readers participate in his increasing knowledge. He used the insights gained in this way for his book Unter Bankern , published in 2015 . In lectures, Luyendijk promotes the journalistic model tested on this complex topic of involving the audience in the author's learning curve over a longer period of time .
Publications
- The children of Midaq Alley. One year in Cairo (Een goede man slaat soms zijn vrouw). 1998, ISBN 3-434-53050-9 .
- A tipje van de sluier. 2001, ISBN 978-90-5759-094-8 .
- Just like in real life. About images and lies in times of war (Het zijn net mensen). 2006, ISBN 3-932170-25-3 .
- Het maakbare nieuws (Antwoord op Joris Luyendijk). (Collaboration), 2008, ISBN 90-5018-918-0 .
- Je het niet van mij, maar ... (Een maand aan het binnenhof). 2010, ISBN 90-5759-425-0 .
- This can niet waar zij. Joris Luyendijk onder bankiers. 2015, ISBN 978-90-450-2816-3 .
- Among bankers. A species is visited . Translation of Anne Middelhoek. Stuttgart: Tropen, 2015, ISBN 978-3-608-50338-8 .
Web links
- Homepage
- taz: There's a was September 26, 2007
- 3sat: half-truths. About lying and staging facts in the media
Individual evidence
- ↑ faz.net: "The Hidden Camera", September 30, 2007
- ^ Joris Luyendijk: Share your learning curve. In: TEDxAmsterdam from November 2011, accessed on February 28, 2018 (English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Luyendijk, Joris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch non-fiction author and foreign correspondent |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Amsterdam |