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Benjamin Pogrund (born 1933) is a South African-born Israeli author. ==Biography== Benjamin Pogrund was brought up in Cape Town. He began a career as a journalist in 1958, writing for the ''Rand Daily Mail'' in Johannesburg, where he eventually became deputy-editor. The ''Rand Daily Mail'' was the only newspaper in South Africa at that time to report on events in black South African townships. In the course of his work he came to know the major players in the apartheid struggle and gained the respect and confidence of leaders such as Nelson Mandela.〔(Fear and Surprise: As a reporter in South Africa the author saw lots of both )〕 Pogrund was a reporter at the Sharpeville massacre on 21 March 1960. He was author of a 1965 series on beating and torture of black inmates and maltreatment of white political prisoners. During his career reporting on apartheid in South Africa he was put on trial several times, put in prison once, had his passport revoked and was investigated as a threat to the state by security police".〔(The Daily Courage: Journalist Benjamin Pogrund let the facts speak for themselves, no easy task in apartheid South Africa )〕 The ''Rand Daily Mail'' ceased publication in 1985 and Pogrund left for London in 1986. There he was chief foreign sub-editor of ''The Independent'', London. Later he was editor of ''The WorldPaper'' in Boston, and reported from South Africa in ''The Sunday Times''. He has authored books on Robert Sobukwe, Nelson Mandela and the South African press under apartheid. Pogrund emigrated to Israel in 1997. He settled in Jerusalem with his wife Anne, an artist. He is the founder of Yakar's Centre for Social Concern. He was a member of the Israeli delegation to the United Nations World Conference against Racism in Durban. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Benjamin Pogrund」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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