Dexter Filkins

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Dexter Filkins is an American journalist and author renowned for his war reporting, particularly on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf author
human
journalist
war correspondent
awardReceived George Polk Award
Goldsmith Prize for Investigative Reporting
National Book Critics Circle Award
Overseas Press Club award
surface form: Overseas Press Club Award

Pulitzer Prize for International Reporting
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
coveredConflict Iraq War
War in Afghanistan (2001–2021)
coveredRegion Afghanistan
Iraq
Middle East
Pakistan
educatedAt University of Florida
employer Los Angeles Times
surface form: The Los Angeles Times

The Miami Herald
The New York Times
The New Yorker
fieldOfWork journalism
political reporting
war correspondence
genre non-fiction
war reporting
hasWrittenFor Los Angeles Times
surface form: The Los Angeles Times

The Miami Herald
The New Republic
The New York Times
The New Yorker
languageOfWorkOrName English
nationality American
notableArticleTopic Islamist militancy
United States Armed Forces in Afghanistan
surface form: U.S. military operations in Afghanistan

U.S. military operations in Iraq
counterinsurgency strategy
notableReportingOn Taliban
civilian impact of war
insurgency in Iraq
notableWork The Forever War
The Forever War
surface form: The Forever War (book)
occupation author
journalist
war correspondent
positionHeld Baghdad correspondent
Kabul correspondent
foreign correspondent for The New York Times
staff writer at The New Yorker

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- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
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Subject: Dexter Filkins
Description of subject: Dexter Filkins is an American journalist and author renowned for his war reporting, particularly on the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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