Ian Denis Johnson
| Ian Denis Johnson | |
|---|---|
| Born |
27 July 1962 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Education | University of Florida, Free University of Berlin, Harvard University |
| Occupation |
Pulitzer Prize winning Reporter and Journalist |
Ian Johnson (July 27, 1962 - ) is a writer and journalist, working primarily in China and Germany. His Chinese name is Zhang Yan (张彦).[1][2]
A reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Johnson won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.[3] His reporting from China was also honored in 2001 by the Overseas Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists.
Life and work
Born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Johnson is a naturalized United States citizen who lives in Berlin, Germany. He first visited China on a study program in 1984.
In 2010, Johnson published A Mosque in Berlin, a book about the Islamic Center of Munich.[4] He conducted research on the book while on a Nieman fellowship at Harvard University. He attended the University of Florida.
In 2004, Johnson published Wild Grass: Three Stories of Change in Modern China (Pantheon), which was later released in paperback and has been translated into several languages.
In 2017, he published The Souls of China: The Return of Religion After Mao.
On February 9, 2006, Johnson delivered congressional testimony on the Muslim Brotherhood in Europe. He described the Brotherhood as "an umbrella group that regularly lobbies major international institutions like the EU and the Vatican" and "controls some of the most dynamic, politically active Muslim groups in key European countries, such as Britain, France and Germany." He said the group has schools "to train imams," has funded a "mechanism in the guise of a UK-registered charity," and has a fatwa council to enforce ideological conformity.[5]
Johnson left the Wall Street Journal in 2010 to pursue magazine and book writing on cultural and social affairs.[6]
Bibliography
Books
- Johnson, Ian (2004). Wild grass : three stories of change in modern China. New York: Pantheon Books.
- — (2010). A Mosque in Munich: Nazis, the CIA, and the Muslim Brotherhood in the West. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. ISBN 9780151014187.
- — (2017). The Souls of China: The Return of Religion after Mao. New York: Pantheon Books. ISBN 9781101870051.
Essays and reporting
- Ex-Colony Weihai Ponders What Might Have Been, Wall Street Journal, June 24, 1997
- Can't We All Just Get Along? Are European Muslims Islam's best hope?, Wall Street Journal, September 16, 2004
- In China, Grass-Roots Groups Stretch Limits on Activism, Wall Street Journal, January 9, 2008
- "Will the Chinese be supreme?", New York Review of Books, 04.04.2013
- Johnson, Ian (April 22, 2013). "Studio city : in a remote spot in China, the world's biggest movie lot is getting even bigger". Onward and Upward with the Arts. The New Yorker. 89 (10): 48–55. Profile of Hengdian World Studios.
- — (December 2, 2013). "In the air : discontent grows in Chinas most polluted cities". Letter from Handan. The New Yorker. 89 (39): 32–37.
References
- ↑ Ian Johnson 张彦
- ↑ http://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_1325031
- ↑ Ian Johnson (2001) Pulitzer Prize winning articles in the Wall Street Journal
- ↑ http://www.ian-johnson.com/books.html
- ↑ Muslim Brotherhood in Europe, February 9, 2006, Ian Johnson, Congressional Testimony - published with the AIFD
- ↑ http://www.ian-johnson.com/bio.html
External links
- Ian Johnson (2001) Pulitzer Prize winning articles in the Wall Street Journal
- Ian Johnson (website)
- "Nieman Watchdog > About Us > Contributor > Ian Johnson". niemanwatchdog.org.