1. Philip Gourevitch became widely known for his first book, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our Families, which tells the story of the 1994 Rwandan genocide.
14 Facts About Philip Gourevitch
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Philip Gourevitch knew that he wanted to be a writer by the time he went to Cornell University.
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Philip Gourevitch took a break for three years in order to concentrate fully on writing before eventually graduating in 1986.
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Philip Gourevitch went on to publish some short fiction in literary magazines, before turning to non-fiction.
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Philip Gourevitch worked for The Forward from 1991 to 1993, first as New York bureau chief and then as Cultural Editor.
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Philip Gourevitch left to pursue a career as a freelance writer, publishing articles in numerous magazines, including Granta, Harper's, The New York Times Magazine, Outside, and The New York Review of Books, before joining The New Yorker.
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Philip Gourevitch became interested in Rwanda in 1994, as he followed news reports of the genocide.
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Philip Gourevitch has been described by the British newspaper The Observer as "the world's leading writer on Rwanda".
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In 2004 Philip Gourevitch was assigned to cover the 2004 US presidential election for The New Yorker.
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Philip Gourevitch was named editor of The Paris Review in March 2005 and held that position through March 2010.
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Philip Gourevitch is the editor of The Paris Review Interviews, Volumes I-IV.
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Philip Gourevitch's work has received numerous awards, including the National Book Critics Circle Award, the George Polk Book Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Award, the Overseas Press Club's Cornelius Ryan Award, the New York Public Library's Helen Bernstein Award, and in England, The Guardian First Book Award.
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Philip Gourevitch held a 2012-'13 Cullman Fellowship at the New York Public Library.
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Philip Gourevitch is married to The New Yorker writer Larissa MacFarquhar.