Tim Butcher
Tim Butcher (born November 15, 1967 in Rugby ) is an English journalist and author. He works as a war reporter for The Daily Telegraph and is currently a correspondent from the Middle East .
Butcher became internationally known as the author of the book Blood River from 2007. In it he describes his journey along the Congo River , which he undertook in the footsteps of the American explorer (and also a journalist for the Daily Telegraph ) Henry Morton Stanley . In 2014 he published a study on Gavrilo Princip .
Butcher has two children.
Works
- Blood River: Into the dark heart of the Congo . Frederking & Thaler, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-89405-862-3 (English: Blood River: A Journey to Africa's Broken Heart . London 2007. Translated by Klaus Pemsel).
- On the trail of the devil: on foot through Sierra Leone and Liberia . Malik, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-89029-391-2 (English: Chasing the Devil: The Search for Africa's Fighting Spirit . London 2010. Translated by Klaus Pemsel).
- The Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War . Chatto & Windus, London 2014, ISBN 978-0-7011-8793-4 (English).
Web links
- Literature by and about Tim Butcher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Tim Butcher in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Website of the book Blood River ( Memento of February 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ Rupert Graf Strachwitz : Die Rache des Bosniers , review, in: Handelsblatt , June 27, 2014, p. 63
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Butcher, Tim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 15, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rugby (Warwickshire) |