Philip Short

British journalist and author

Philip Short (born on 17 April 1945) is an English journalist. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge.[1] After his graduation, he spent from 1967 to 1973 as a freelance journalist, first in Malawi, then in Uganda. He then joined the BBC (British Broadcasting Corporation) as a foreign correspondent. He is an author of many books, such as biographies of Mao Zedong, Mao: A Life, and of Pol Pot, Pol Pot: Anatomy of a Nightmare. He now lives in France. Putin is published by Bodley Head in June 2022.[2][3]

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  1. "Picture of a Life: Philip Short Explores the Biographer's Craft". Biographers International Organization. Retrieved 2022-03-13.
  2. Bradley, Jane (19 June 2022). "Vladimir Putin is 'no more of an aberration' in Russia than Boris Johnson or Donald Trump, new biography claims". The Scotsman.
  3. "Putin: His Life and Times". Publishers Weekly.