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Sophie Pedder
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  • David Watt Prize (2006)
  • Knight of the National Order of Merit (2022) Edit this on Wikidata

Sophie Pedder is a British journalist and author, who is Paris bureau chief for The Economist and a specialist on France. She is a biographer of French President Emmanuel Macron.[1]

Born in London, she obtained a first-class degree at the University of Oxford (St John's College) and a MA at the University of Chicago, where she was a post-graduate Fulbright scholar.[2] Before working for The Economist, Pedder was a research assistant for Professor William Julius Wilson at the University of Chicago’s Urban Poverty and Family Life project.[3] She joined The Economist in 1990. Following a spell as correspondent in South Africa from 1994 to 1997, when she covered the end of apartheid,[4] Pedder returned to write about European politics from London and became the Paris bureau chief in 2003.[5] She has also collaborated as political commentator for BBC and CNN,[6] and has written for Prospect, Foreign Affairs, Le Monde, Paris-Match and Le Figaro, among other media outlets.[7]

It was in Pedder's interview with Emmanuel Macron for The Economist on 7 November 2019 that he declared the "brain death" of NATO,[8] a phrase that stirred global political controversy.[9]

Her biography of the French president, Revolution Française: Emmanuel Macron and the quest to reinvent a nation, was described by The Wall Street Journal as "a terrific first draft of a history with significance far beyond the borders of France."[10][11]

Awards

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Works

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  • Pedder, Sophie (2007). Blairkozy ou Ségoblair?. Michalon.[13]
  • Pedder, Sophie (2012). Le déni français: Les derniers enfants gâtés de l'Europe. Paris: JC Lattès.[14]
  • Pedder, Sophie (2018). Emmanuel Macron and the Quest to Reinvent a Nation. Bloomsbury Continuum.[15]

References

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Informational notes
  1. ^ For her article "Spot the difference" on French anti-americanism, published in The Economist on 24 December 2005.[12]
Citations
  1. ^ Bloomsbury.com. "Revolution Française". Bloomsbury Publishing. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Pedder". Institut Montaigne. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  3. ^ "Sophie Pedder". Economist. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  4. ^ "Sophie Pedder". Economist. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  5. ^ ""Le déni français : les derniers enfants gâtés de l'Europe" de Sophie Pedder chez Lattès (Paris, France)". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Harvard Club of France HWF: Meet Sophie Pedder – Paris bureau chief, The Economist" (in French). Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  7. ^ "Sophie Pedder | Paris Bureau Chief of The Economist, journalist & author". Expert Keynote and Motivational Speakers | Chartwell Speakers. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  8. ^ "Emmanuel Macron in his own words (English)". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Nato alliance experiencing brain death, says Macron". BBC News. 7 November 2019. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  10. ^ Broughton, Philip Delves (12 August 2018). "'Revolution Française' Review: The March of Macron". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  11. ^ Broughton, Philip Delves (13 August 2018). "The Macron Miracle". Philip Delves Broughton. Retrieved 18 September 2020.
  12. ^ "Award: Sophie Pedder". The Economist. 13 June 2006.
  13. ^ Lemieux 2012.
  14. ^ Lellouche 2012, pp. 739–754.
  15. ^ Derbyshire 2018; Poirier 2018; Stangler 2019
Bibliography
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