Emma Larkin
Emma Larkin is the pseudonym[1] of an American journalist.
Early life and education[]
Larkin was born and raised in Asia, and studied the Burmese language at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London.
Career[]
Larkin covers Asia from her base in Bangkok. She has been visiting Burma for close to ten years.[2] Here she covers the military dictatorship that rules the country.[3] She is known for her coverage of Burma and George Orwell's experience within it in her memoir, Finding George Orwell in Burma.
Works[]
- Comrade Aeon’s Field Guide to Bangkok, 2021.
- No Bad News for the King: The True Story of Cyclone Nargis and Its Aftermath in Burma, 2011.
- Everything is Broken: The Untold Story of Disaster Under Burma's Military Regime, 2010.
- Secret Histories: Finding George Orwell in a Burmese Tea Shop, 2005.
Awards[]
Finding George... won the Borders Original Voices Award for Non-Fiction in 2005 and was short-listed for the Index on Censorship's Freedom of Expression Award 2005. In 2006, the book won the Mainichi Shimbun's Asia Pacific Grand Prix Award.[4]
References[]
- ^ "The Books Interview: Emma Larkin".
- ^ "Emma Larkin Biography". BookBrowse. Retrieved 26 May 2016.
- ^ "Everything is Broken by Emma Larkin". Heatherlo. 3 June 2010. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
- ^ "Emma Larkin: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon. Retrieved 9 August 2013.
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