Sophie Pedder

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

Sophie Pedder
Born1967  (age 54)
Alma mater
Awards
  • David Watt Prize (2006) 

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 entered 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

Works
  • 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
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 2020-09-18.
  2. "Pedder". Institut Montaigne. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  3. "Sophie Pedder". Economist. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  4. "Sophie Pedder". Economist. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  5. ""Le déni français : les derniers enfants gâtés de l'Europe" de Sophie Pedder chez Lattès (Paris, France)". www.20minutes.fr (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  6. "Harvard Club of France HWF: Meet Sophie Pedder – Paris bureau chief, The Economist" (in French). Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  7. "Sophie Pedder | Paris Bureau Chief of The Economist, journalist & author". Expert Keynote and Motivational Speakers | Chartwell Speakers. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  8. "Emmanuel Macron in his own words (English)". The Economist. ISSN 0013-0613. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  9. "Nato alliance experiencing brain death, says Macron". BBC News. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  10. Broughton, Philip Delves (2018-08-12). "'Revolution Française' Review: The March of Macron". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  11. Broughton, Philip Delves (2018-08-13). "The Macron Miracle". Philip Delves Broughton. Retrieved 2020-09-18.
  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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