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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) Mark Bowden (born 1979) 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 wit ... (born 1979), British classical composer * Mark Bowden (UN official), British humanitarian and disaster relief worker * Mark Bowden (English author) (born 1970), British author on body language {{Hndis, Bowden, Mark ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bowden
Mark Bowden (; born 1951) is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to ''The Atlantic''. Bowden 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, which was later adapted into Black Hawk Down (film), a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards. Bowden is also known for the books ''Killing Pablo, Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw'' (2001), about the efforts to take down Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, and ''Hue 1968'', an account of the Battle of Huế. Early life Bowden was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1951. He graduated from Loyola University Maryland in 1973 with a Bachelor of Arts, B.A in English literature. 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''. Career From 1979 to 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bowden (composer)
Mark Bowden (born 1979) 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 Cambridge fro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Bowden (UN Official)
Mark Bowden (; born 1951) is an American journalist and writer. He is a former national correspondent and longtime contributor to ''The Atlantic''. Bowden is best known for his book '' Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War'' (1999) about the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu, which was later adapted into a motion picture of the same name that received two Academy Awards. Bowden is also known for the books '' Killing Pablo: The Hunt for the World's Greatest Outlaw'' (2001), about the efforts to take down Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar, and ''Hue 1968'', an account of the Battle of Huế. Early life Bowden was born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1951. He graduated from Loyola University Maryland in 1973 with a B.A in English literature. 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''. Career From 1979 to 2003, Bowden was a staff writer for ''The Philadelphia Inquirer''. In that ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |