Jeremy Harding
British writer and journalist (born 1952)
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Jeremy Harding (born 1952)[1] is a British writer and journalist, based in the south of France. He is a contributing editor at London Review of Books. He is the author of books including Small Wars, Small Mercies (1993), The Uninvited: Refugees at the Rich Man's Gate (2000), Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy (2006), and Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World (2012).
Jeremy Harding | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 (age 73–74) London, England |
| Education | Wellington College |
| Alma mater | Magdalene College, Cambridge |
| Occupations | Writer and journalist |
| Notable credit | London Review of Books |
Life and work
Harding was born in London, England, where he was placed for adoption at 11 days old by his Irish mother.[2] He grew up in West London.[1] He tells the story of his adoption and the search for his biological mother in the book Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy.[3] He was later educated at Wellington College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he read English.[4]
He is a contributing editor at the London Review of Books.[5] He lives in France, an hour from Bordeaux, with his wife and three sons.[5]
Publications
Publications by Harding
- Small Wars, Small Mercies: Journeys in Africa's Disputed Nations. London: Penguin, 1993. ISBN 9780140134339.
- The Fate of Africa: Trial by Fire. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1993. ISBN 9780671723590.
- The Uninvited: Refugees at the Rich Man's Gate (2000).[6][7]
- Mother Country: Memoir of an Adopted Boy (2006).[8][9]
- Border Vigils: Keeping Migrants Out of the Rich World (2012).[10]
- Analogue Africa: Notes on the Anti-Colonial Imagination. London: Verso Books, 2026. ISBN 9781804295960.[11]
Publications with contributions by Harding
- Arthur Rimbaud: Selected Poems and Letters. Penguin Classics. London: Penguin, 2004. ISBN 978-0140448023. Translated by Harding and John Sturrock.
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