Finnegan, William (Patrick)
FINNEGAN, William (Patrick)
FINNEGAN, William (Patrick). American, b. 1952. Genres: Race relations, International relations/Current affairs, Civil liberties/Human rights, Politics/Government, Third World, Writing/Journalism. Career: Grassy Park High School, South Africa, teacher, 1980; New Yorker, staff writer, 1987-. Publications: Crossing the Line: A Year in the Land of Apartheid, 1986; Dateline Soweto: Travels with Black South African Reporters, 1988; A Complicated War: The Harrowing of Mozambique, 1992; Cold New World: Growing Up in a Harder Country, 1998. Address: Amanda Urban, International Creative Management, 40 West 57 St, New York, NY 10019, U.S.A.
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