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Robert Fisk

1946 - 2020

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Robert William Fisk (12 July 1946 – 30 October 2020) was an English writer and journalist. He was critical of United States foreign policy in the Middle East, and the Israeli government's treatment of Palestinians. As an international correspondent, he covered the civil wars in Lebanon, Algeria, and Syria, the Iran–Iraq conflict, the wars in Bosnia and Kosovo, the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, the Islamic revolution in Iran, Saddam Hussein's invasion of Kuwait, and the U.S. invasion, and occupation of Iraq. An Arabic speaker, he was among the few Western journalists to interview Osama bin Laden, which he did three times between 1993 and 1997. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Robert Fisk is the 3,255th most popular writer (down from 3,075th in 2019), the 2,643rd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,241st in 2019) and the 296th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Robert Fisk ranks 3,255 out of 7,302. Before him are Yasutaka Tsutsui, Qian Zhongshu, Tudor Arghezi, Andrija Kačić Miošić, Rutka Laskier, and Christopher Hampton. After him are Maria Dąbrowska, Claude Prosper Jolyot de Crébillon, Miguel Torga, Ahmed Mohammed al-Maqqari, Heo Nanseolheon, and Janet Frame.

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Among people born in 1946, Robert Fisk ranks 337. Before him are Milena Canonero, Lesley Ann Warren, Alberto Colombo, Stuart Wilson, Yacouba Sawadogo, and Christopher Hampton. After him are Jürgen Croy, Jacques Tardi, Joseph Sifakis, Camilo Sesto, Rocío Jurado, and Lesley Gore. Among people deceased in 2020, Robert Fisk ranks 276. Before him are Enzo Mari, Ronald Graham, Fred Willard, Zenon Grocholewski, Frederick Ballantyne, and Larry Tesler. After him are Irrfan Khan, Yuri Orlov, Jonathan Sacks, Enrique Irazoqui, Idir, and Dragoljub Ojdanić.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Robert Fisk ranks 2,644 out of 8,785. Before him are Arthur Gore (1868), Peg Entwistle (1908), Eric Ambler (1909), Tommy Taylor (1932), William Whiston (1667), and Colin McDonald (1930). After him are John Tavener (1944), John Miles (1949), John Byron (1723), Lady Hester Stanhope (1776), Chris Lowe (1959), and Mark Rylance (1960).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Robert Fisk ranks 296. Before him are Edith Pargeter (1913), Susanna Hall (1583), Charles Kingsley (1819), Andrew Lang (1844), John Henry Mackay (1864), and Eric Ambler (1909). After him are Alasdair Gray (1934), David Gemmell (1948), Maria Edgeworth (1768), Richard Baxter (1615), Philip Kerr (1956), and Christopher Robin Milne (1920).

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