Victor Sebestyen
Victor Sebestyen (born 1956 in Budapest ) is a British journalist and historian.
Life
Victor Sebestyen's parents emigrated to England after the suppression of the Hungarian uprising in 1956 . Sebestyen worked as a political journalist a. a. for the Evening Standard , The Times , Daily Mail , New York Times and Newsweek .
Sebestyen published his third book on recent history in 2015 with 1946: the year in which the world was re-created .
Sebestyen is a member of the advisory board of the think tank Wilton Park . He lives in London.
Fonts (selection)
- Lenin: a life. Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-87134-165-6 .
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1946 - the making of the modern world . London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2015
- 1946: the year the world was rebuilt . Translation Hainer Kober; Henning Thies. Berlin: Rowohlt, 2015
- Revolution 1989: the Fall of the Soviet Empire . London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2009
- Twelve Days: How the Hungarians Tried to Topple Their Soviet Masters . London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2006
literature
- Andreas Fanizadeh : When the Cold War began . Review, in: taz , January 9, 2016, p. 15
- Anthony Howard : Revolution 1989 - the Fall of the Soviet Empire by Victor Sebestyen: review , in: The Daily Telegraph , August 10, 2009
Web links
- Literature by and about Victor Sebestyen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Victor Sebestyen in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Short biography and reviews of works by Victor Sebestyen at perlentaucher.de
- Victor Sebestyen , website
- Victor Sebestyen , at Rowohlt
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Sebestyen, Victor |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and historian |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Budapest |