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John Edward Francis Hooper (born 17 July 1950) is a British journalist, author and broadcaster. He is the Italy and Vatican correspondent of ''

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''.

Early life

Born in

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, he is the son of the artist and writer William John ('Bill') Hooper ("Raff") (1916–1996). Hooper was educated at St Benedict's School in London and

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. In his first year at university, he travelled to the breakaway state of

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to help make a television documentary on the

Nigerian Civil war The Nigerian Civil War (6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970), also known as the Nigerian–Biafran War or the Biafran War, was a civil war fought between Nigeria and the Republic of Biafra, a secessionist state which had declared its independence f ...

.

Career

After graduating, Hooper worked for the

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as a current affairs reporter. In 1973, he became Diplomatic Correspondent of the then newly established

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. The following year he visited

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following the Turkish invasion of the island as a freelance correspondent for news organisations including the BBC, ''The Guardian'' and ''The Economist''. In 1976, after the death of

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’s dictator,

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, Hooper was asked by ''The Guardian'' to become its correspondent in Madrid. Over the next three years, he covered the country’s transition from dictatorship to democracy. He returned to Madrid as correspondent for ''

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'', ''Guardian'' and ''Economist'' in 1988, remaining until 1994. In the intervening years, he worked on the London staff of ''The Guardian'' and from 1984 to 1988 was a presenter of the

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programme, ''Twenty Four Hours''. Between 1994 and 1999, he was based in Rome as Southern Europe Correspondent for ''The Guardian'' and ''Observer''. He brought to light the so-called ‘Ship of Death�
migrant trafficking disaster of December 25, 1996
and was a member of the award-winning ''Observer'' team that investigated its aftermath. Hooper was Central Europe Correspondent for the same two papers, based in Berlin, until 2003. He covered the

war in Kosovo The Kosovo War was an armed conflict in Kosovo that started 28 February 1998 and lasted until 11 June 1999. It was fought by the forces of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (i.e. Serbia and Montenegro), which controlled Kosovo before the war ...

and was in Afghanistan in 2001 during the

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and the search by US allies for

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. Hooper’s ''The Spaniards: A portrait of the new Spain'' won the 1987 Allen Lane award for a best first work of history or literature. He later published two expanded and revised versions as ''The New Spaniards'' (1995 and 2006). The 2006 edition was described as "essential reading for all who wish to understand the new Spain" by Sir

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in a review for ''

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''. In 2015, Hooper published ''The Italians'', a portrait of the Italian people and their culture. His latest work, with Anna Kraczyna, is an annotated translation of Carlo Collodi's ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' published by Penguin Classics. In 2021, Hooper was made an honorary fellow of St Catharine's College, Cambridge.

Bibliography

* John Hooper, ''The Spaniards: a portrait of the new Spain'' New York: Viking, 1986. * John Hooper, ''The New Spaniards'' Penguin, 2006. * John Hooper, ''The Italians'' Viking, 2015. * John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna, ''The Adventures of Pinocchio'' Penguin, 2021.

References

External links

John Hooper's website

John Hooper's Guardian profile

John Hooper on Journalisted.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hooper, John 1950 births Living people English male journalists People educated at St Benedict's School, Ealing Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge English male non-fiction writers War correspondents of the Nigerian Civil War People of the Kosovo War