Anne Applebaum — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2004 for her book 'Gulag: A History'
Serves as a Staff Writer at The Atlantic
Holds a position as Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University
Author of 'Gulag: A History' (2003), 'Iron Curtain', 'Red Famine', 'Twilight of Democracy' (2020), and 'Autocracy, Inc.' (forthcoming July)
Worked as a columnist for The Washington Post for over 15 years
Earned a B.A. summa cum laude in history and literature from Yale University (1986) and an M.A. in international relations from the London School of Economics (1987)

Biography

Anne Applebaum is an American journalist and historian, currently serving as a Staff Writer for The Atlantic and a Senior Fellow at the SNF Agora Institute, Johns Hopkins University. She is recognized for her extensive work on the history of Communism and the development of civil society in Central and Eastern Europe. In 2004, she was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction for her book, 'Gulag: A History'.

Her historical works delve into critical periods of the 20th century.