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John Richard Pilger (born 9 October 1939)〔Anthony Hayward, ''Breaking the Silence: The Television Reporting of John Pilger,'' London, Network, 2008, p. 3 (no ISBN, book contained within ''Heroes'' DVD, Region 2 boxset)〕〔Trisha Sertori ("John Pilger: The Messenger", ) ''The Jakarta Post'', 11 October 2012〕 is an Australian-born journalist based in London.〔(Andrei S. Markovits and Jeff Weintraub, "Obama and the Progressives: A Curious Paradox" ), ''The Huffington Post'', 28 May 2008〕 Pilger has lived in the United Kingdom since 1962.〔("Aboriginal squalor among Australia's 'dirtiest secrets' says expat" ), by Candace Sutton, ''The Australian'', 1 March 2013〕〔("Pilger, John (1939–)" ) by Glen Jones, British Film Institute〕 Since his early years as a war correspondent in Vietnam, Pilger has been a strong critic of American, Australian and British foreign policy, which he considers to be driven by an imperialist agenda. Pilger has also criticised his native country's treatment of indigenous Australians and the practices of the mainstream media. His career as a documentary film maker began with ''The Quiet Mutiny'' (1970), made during one of his visits to Vietnam, and has continued with over fifty documentaries since then. Other works in this form include ''Year Zero'' (1979), about the aftermath of the Pol Pot regime in Cambodia, and ''Death of a Nation: The Timor Conspiracy'' (1993). Pilger has long criticised his native country's treatment of indigenous Australians and has made many documentary films on this subject including ''The Secret Country'' (1985) and ''Utopia'' (2013). In the British print media, he has had a long association with the ''Daily Mirror'', and wrote a regular column for the ''New Statesman'' magazine from 1991 to 2014. Pilger has twice won Britain's Journalist of the Year Award. His documentaries, screened internationally, have gained awards in Britain and worldwide. The journalist has also received several honorary doctorates.〔(Biography page ), John Pilger's official website〕〔("Introduction to John Pilger" ), Robert Fisk website 〕 ==Early life and career== Pilger was born and raised in Bondi, a suburb of Sydney.〔 His father's ancestors were German〔John Pilger ''A Secret Country'', p. xiv〕 and his mother's were Irish, English and German; two of his maternal great-great-grandparents were Irish convicts transported to Australia.〔("Interview with John Pilger" ), ''Desert Island Discs'', BBC Radio 4, 18 February 1990〕〔John Pilger ''Heroes'', p. 10〕 His mother was a teacher of French.〔 He attended Sydney Boys High School,〔 where he started a student newspaper, ''The Messenger.'' He later joined a four-year journalist trainee scheme with the Australian Consolidated Press.〔 Beginning his career in 1958 as a copy boy with the ''Sydney Sun'', Pilger later moved to the city's ''Daily Telegraph,'' where he was a reporter, sports writer and sub-editor.〔 He also freelanced and worked for the Sydney ''Sunday Telegraph'', the daily paper's sister title. After moving to Europe, he was for a year a freelance correspondent in Italy.〔Hayward (2008), p.4〕 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「John Pilger」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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