Claud Cockburn

Writer

Date of birth : 1904

Date of death : 12/15/1981

City of birth : Peking, China

Educated at Universities of Oxford, Budapest & Berlin. Became New York & Washington correspondent for The Times newspaper in 1929. Resigned in 1933 to found his own news-sheet The Week, which achieved notoriety. Fought on Republican side in Spanish civil war, and was diplomatic correspondent for the Daily Worker. Has written short stories & articles for New Statesman, The Saturday Evening Post, Hibernia & Private Eye Moved to Ireland in 1947.