Rukmini Maria Callimachi

Rukmini Maria Callimachi (born 25 June 1973 in Bucharest, Romania)^[1] is a Romanian-American journalist and poet.

Life

She left Romania during the communist regime with her mother, father and grandmother, for Switzerland and then the United States, where she attended The Thacher School in Ojai, California. She graduated from Dartmouth College, and from Exeter College, Oxford, with a masters in linguistics. In 2000, she co-led the Royal Geographical Society's expedition to Tibet. She got her name "Rukmini", through her family's closeness to the Rukmini Devi Arundale, founder of Kalakshetra in Chennai.^[2]

Career

She began as a freelancer in New Delhi, India including for Time magazine. She joined the Associated Press in Portland, Oregon, in 2003. She spent a year in New Orleans documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. She began reporting out of Dakar, Senegal, as a West African correspondent for The AP in late 2006.^[3] In 2014, she was hired by The New York Times.^[4] Her reporting focuses on Islamic extremism.^[5]

Her poetry has been published in The American Scholar, Oxford poetry,^[6] and Black Warrior Review.^[7]

Awards

• 2011 Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award from Ball State University for her article, "Haiti-Hotel Montana".^[8]
• 2009 Pulitzer Prize Finalist "for her in-depth investigation of the exploitation of impoverished children in West and Central Africa"^[9]
• 2014 Michael Kelly Award and finalist in 2009^[10] and 2012^[11]
• 2007 Sidney Hillman Foundation Award, “Coverage of Hurricane Katrina aftermath,” The Associated Press^[12]
• 2004 John M. Templeton Religion Story of the Year award, The Daily Herald (Ill.), "Passage from India" ^[13]
• 1998 Keats-Shelley Prize for Poetry

Works

• "Gabon casts first votes after dictator's death". Associated Press. August 30, 2009. 
• Callimachi, Rukmini (August 9, 2009). "Opium addictions grip families in Afghanistan’s remote villages". The Boston Globe. 
• "Afghan women candidates campaign in burqas". The Taiwan News. 2009-07-30. 
• "Ruler with 45 homes among world's most corrupt". The Taiwan News. 2009-06-22. 
• "'Gabon weeps' for strongman despite lost riches". FreeLibrary. June 20, 2009. 
• "Somali pirates held after attack off the Seychelles". The Scotsman. 29 April 2009. 
• When the lights go out, students take off to airport. The Guardian (London). 21 July 2007. Retrieved May 23, 2010. 
• Callimachi, Rukmini (May 15, 2005). "Mt. St. Helens' Victims Remembered". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010. 
• Callimachi, Rukmini (November 26, 2004). "Adidas Feeling Pressure From Nike on Home Turf". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010. 
• Callimachi, Rukmini (August 23, 2004). "Banks Look to Cash In by Providing Personal Touches". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010. 
• Callimachi, Rukmini (August 18, 2004). "All the Comforts of Home". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010. 
• Callimachi, Rukmini (May 10, 2004). "Bioengineered Grass Is Cause for Growing Concern". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 23, 2010. 
• TIM McGIRK (Jan 29, 2001). "Tremor Mortis". Time. 

Poetry

• "The Anatomy of Wildflowers", Keats Shelley

References

External links

• Rukmini Maria Callimachi on Twitter
• "Rukmini Callimachi's LinkedIn"
• "Callimachi", bnet
• "RUKMINI CALLIMACHI", Free Library
• "RUKMINI CALLIMACHI", Newsvine