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Journalist and author

Born

Kenya

Occupation(s)Journalist and author

Notable creditThe Economist

Fiammetta Rocco Hon. FRSL
Born	Kenya
Alma mater	University of Oxford
Occupation(s)	Journalist and author
Notable credit	The Economist

Fiammetta Rocco, Hon. FRSL, is a journalist and author. She is a Senior Editor at The Economist.^[1]

Rocco was born to a Franco-Italian family and grew up in Kenya. She went on to study Arabic at the University of Oxford.^[2]

Rocco is the Administrator of the International Booker Prize^[2]^[3] and she is on the board of directors for the Edinburgh International Book Festival.^[4]

She was the Culture Editor at The Economist between 2003 and 2018.^[1]

In 2003, she published a book called The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World about the discovery of quinine, which was the BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week.^[5]^[6]

In 2021, Rocco was made an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.^[3]

References

1 2 "Fiammetta Rocco". Economist. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
1 2 "Fiammetta Rocco | The Booker Prizes". thebookerprizes.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
1 2 "Fiammetta Rocco". Royal Society of Literature. September 2023. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
↑ "Staff | Edinburgh International Book Festival". www.edbookfest.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
↑ "ISBN 9780060199517 - The Miraculous Fever-Tree: Malaria and the Quest for a Cure That Changed the World". isbnsearch.org. Retrieved 2023-09-13.
↑ Prize -, The Orwell. "Fiammetta Rocco | The Orwell Foundation". www.orwellfoundation.com. Retrieved 2023-09-13.

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