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Mark Bowden (other)
Mark Bowden (born 1951) is an American journalist and author. Mark Bowden also refers to: *Mark Bowden (composer) (born 1979), British classical composer *Mark Bowden (UN official) Mark Rainer Bowden CMG was the United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan from September 2012 until February 2017. Career Bowden worked in many fields including humanitarian coordination in conflict and post conflict countries, ..., British humanitarian and disaster relief worker * Mark Bowden (English author) (born 1970), British body language expert {{Hndis, Bowden, Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bowden
Mark Robert Bowden (; born July 17, 1951) is an American journalist and writer. He is a national correspondent for ''The Atlantic''. He is best known for his book ''Black Hawk Down (book), Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War'' (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, Somalia. It was adapted as Black Hawk Down (film), a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards. He is also known for ''Killing Pablo, Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw'' (2001) about the efforts to take down Pablo Escobar, a Colombian drug lord. Early life Born in 1951 in St. Louis, Missouri; Bowden is a 1973 graduate of Loyola University Maryland. While he was at college, he was inspired to embark on a career in journalism by reading Tom Wolfe's book ''The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test''. He currently lives in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, the Mushroom Capital of the World. Career From 1979 to 2003, Bowden was a staff writer for ''The Philadelphia Inqui ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bowden (composer)
Mark Bowden (born 1979, Wales) is a Welsh composer of classical music. Biography Bowden studied composition with Richard Steinitz at the University of Huddersfield before completing a master's degree at the Royal College of Music where he studied with Julian Anderson. He has received commissions from the London Sinfonietta, the BBC Symphony Orchestra, the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, the Ulster Orchestra, and Welsh National Opera amongst others and his music has been broadcast by BBC Radio 3. With Anna Meredith and Emily Hall he created the Camberwell Composers' Collective. Bowden has received awards and prizes for his music including the Royal Philharmonic Society Composition Prize, a British Composer Award, and an Ivor Novello Awards nomination for his saxophone concerto ''Sapiens''. Bowden was the first composer-in-residence at Handel House Museum and, with fellow composers in the Camberwell Composers' Collective, was New Music Associate at Kettle's Yard in Cambridg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bowden (UN Official)
Mark Rainer Bowden CMG was the United Nations Deputy Special Representative for Afghanistan from September 2012 until February 2017. Career Bowden worked in many fields including humanitarian coordination in conflict and post conflict countries, development and recovery assistance. Prior to his current appointment, he had been United Nations Resident Coordinator and Humanitarian Coordinator for Somalia. Previously, he worked as Director of Civil Affairs in the United Nations Mission in Sudan (UNMIS). He served as Conflict Management Adviser for Africa in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office of United Kingdom from 1999 to 2001. Prior to that, he worked as Country Director in Bangladesh and Head of Regional Office for East Africa and Africa Director at Save the Children Fund. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 2017 Birthday Honours. He is a trustee for the British NGO Afghanaid. Personal Bowden was born in 1951 and has two daughters. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |