Claud Cockburn

Info

Role

Writer

Date of birth

1904

Date of death

12/15/1981

Place of birth

Peking, China

Claud Cockburn

Biography

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.