Quick Facts About Timothy Garton Ash
- Born
- July 12, 1955
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Journalist
- Notable works
- The Uses of Adversity: Essays on the Fate of Central Europe
- Known for
- The Uses of Adversity: Essays on the Fate of Central Europe, The Magic Lantern: The Revolution of ’89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague
About Timothy Garton Ash
Timothy Garton Ash is a British historian, author and commentator. He is Professor of European Studies emeritus at the University of Oxford and a Senior Fellow of Stanford University's Hoover Institution. Most of his work has been concerned with the contemporary history of Europe, with a special focus on Central and Eastern Europe. In 1989, George Kennan described him as a 'historian of the present'.
Biography source:
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Awards & Honors
Charlemagne Prize
Somerset Maugham Award
Ischia International Journalism Award
Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon
Orwell Prize
Hoffmann von Fallersleben Prize
Charlemagne Medal for European Media
Princess of Asturias Award for Social Sciences
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Hugh M. Hefner First Amendment Award
Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George
Member of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland
Fellow of the Royal Historical Society
honorary doctor of the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature
Theodor Heuss Award
Czech Medal of Merit, 1st class
