Mark Bowden

Mark Bowden is an American journalist and author born in 1951, best known for his book Black Hawk Down: A Story of Modern War (1999), which chronicled the 1993 U.S. military raid in Mogadishu and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. A former national correspondent for The Atlantic and reporter for the Philadelphia Inquirer for twenty years, he has written acclaimed works such as Killing Pablo, Guests of the Ayatollah, and Hue 1968. He currently serves as writer in residence at the University of Delaware.

St. Louis, Missouri, USA Jul 17, 1951 Wikipedia
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