Chuck Sudetic

Chuck Sudetic is an American writer and journalist who has focused on the former Yugoslavia, including the Srebrenica massacre of 1995, international war-crimes prosecution efforts after the Balkan conflicts of the 1990s, and life in and around the seaside town of Dubrovnik from the fifth century B.C. to the present day. He has also written on the Roma of Europe,[1] mass rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo,[2] and crime in New York City.[3]

Sudetic reported for The New York Times from 1990 to 1995 on the breakup of Yugoslavia, including the conflict in Slovenia and the wars in Croatia and in Bosnia and Herzegovina; the transition from Communism in other countries of Southeastern Europe; and the Iraqi Kurd refugee crisis after the 1991 Gulf War. He is the author of Blood and Vengeance (Norton, 1998, and Penguin, 1999), a chronicle of a Bosnian family's experiences during the turbulence of the 20th century that ended with the act of genocide committed at Srebrenica in 1995. Blood and Vengeance was named a "Notable Book" by The New York Times and a Book of the Year by The Economist, The Washington Post and Publishers Weekly. For a French anthology of writing on war, Sudetic contributed "Le criminel de guerre," which describes the family background and motives of the Bosnian war's most notorious killer, Milan Lukić, a Serb militia commander who led the ethnic-cleansing effort in the Drina-river town of Višegrad from 1992 to 1995 and was convicted on war crimes charges by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia.[4]

Sudetic coauthored La Caccia (Feltrinelli, 2008, released in English as Madame Prosecutor, Other Press, 2009), the memoirs of the Swiss war-crimes prosecutor, Carla Del Ponte, whose controversial revelations led to two successful international criminal investigations and the establishment of a special court to try individuals indicted on charges involving allegations of hundreds of kidnappings and murders as well as instances of human organ harvesting in Kosovo and Albania during the months after the NATO bombing campaign against Serbia in 1999.[5]

Dubrovnik in Recountings true and exact of Plagues, Tempests & Earthquakes, blinding Stone & Greed, Serpents benevolent & fire-breathing, past & future Conflagrations, miraculous Healings by sacred Relics, Battles on Land & at Sea, as well as Follies, Devilries & valorous Deeds of Ladies & Gentlemen, Witches & Wenches, Sultans & Vezirs, Emperors & Popes, and other various & sundry Rogues, et cetera, by a Traveler just returned & soon to depart (Edizioni Lago Erie, 2015) is a nonfictional saga that depicts the wars, plagues, natural disasters, blockades, foreign invasions, and other challenges faced by the men and women of a tiny city-state that arose in ancient times beside the Adriatic Sea's main maritime trade route and grew fabulously wealthy by marketing silver, gold, and other commodities from Bosnia, Serbia, Kosovo, Hungary, and other regions of the interior of Southeastern Europe.

Sudetic has worked as a contributing editor to Rolling Stone[6] and has published articles in the The Atlantic Monthly, The Economist, politico.eu,[7] Mother Jones (on the effects of the United Nations sanctions against Iraq under Saddam Hussein),[8] The Washington Post, Das Magazin (Zurich), Transitions (Prague), The Independent (London), and other periodicals. His story for Rolling Stone on the Srebrenica massacre was a finalist for the 1996 National Magazine Award.

Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio, by parents of Irish and Croatian descent, Sudetic studied English and American literature, Slavic languages, and journalism at The Ohio State University, Indiana University, Cleveland State University, Davidson College in North Carolina, and the Pushkin Institute for the Russian Language in Moscow (1978); he was a Fulbright Scholar in Yugoslavia during 1984 and 1985 and traveled throughout the East-bloc countries. He has worked as an analyst for the International Crisis Group, a consultant for the International Rescue Committee, an analyst for the United Nations war-crimes tribunal for Yugoslavia, and a writer for the Open Society Foundations of George Soros, with whom he coauthored The Philanthropy of George Soros: Building Open Societies (Public Affairs, 2011).[9] For a series of country studies prepared by the United States Library of Congress’s Federal Research Division, he wrote book chapters on the histories, economies, and societies of Hungary,[10] Albania,[11] Romania,[12] and Yugoslavia.[13]

Notes

  1. ↑ Series of articles on political participation and the Roma of Europe, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/roma-political-life-europe-introduction, Hungary: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/roma-political-life-hungary-transition-hate-politics, France (Migrants): http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/roma-political-life-romania-france-roma-migrants, France (Gens du Voyage): http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/roma-political-life-france-gens-du-voyage-and-roma-france, Romania: https://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/roma-political-life-romania-household-roma-mayors-and-3-percent, Czech Republic: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/roma-political-life-czech-republic-dependency-and-political-development, Bulgaria: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/roma-political-life-bulgaria-political-manipulation-and-damage-done, Macedonia: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/roma-political-life-macedonia-pride-and-prejudice,
  2. ↑ Series of articles on the trials in April 2011 of men accused of rape in the Democratic Republic of Congo: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/congo-justice-defendants-arrive, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/congo-justice-sick-their-hearts, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/congo-justice-what-happened-fizi, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/congo-justice-first-verdicts, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/congo-justice-word-against-word, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/congo-justice-unintended-consequences, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/congo-justice-final-judgments, http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/voices/congo-justice-where-convicted-rapists-go,
  3. ↑ The New York Times, 1995-96.
  4. ↑ Après-guerre(s), Années 90, chaos et fragiles espoirs, Autrement, Collection Mutations 199/200, 2001, which was edited by Rémy Ourdan of Le Monde (Paris).
  5. ↑ "Inhuman treatment of people and illicit trafficking in human organs in Kosovo," Mr Dick Marty, Switzerland, Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, http://assembly.coe.int/CommitteeDocs/2010/20101218_ajdoc462010provamended.pdf, Special Investigative Task Force, "Statement by the Chief Prosecutor Clint Williamson," http://www.sitf.eu/index.php/en/news-other/42-statement-by-the-chief-prosecutor-clint-williamson, Human Rights Watch, Kosovo: Special Court Step Toward Justice, August 4, 2015, https://www.hrw.org/news/2015/08/04/kosovo-special-court-step-toward-justice
  6. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/contributor/chuck-sudetic
  7. ↑ "The Bullies who run Kosovo," July 21, 2015, http://www.politico.eu/article/kosovo-hashim-thaci-un-special-court-tribunal-organ-trafficking-kla-serbia-milosevic-serbia-ramush/, "Kosovo needs to show no one is above the law, July 30, 2015, http://www.politico.eu/article/kosovo-above-the-law-thaci-kosovars-kla-eu/
  8. ↑ "The Betrayal of Basra," http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2001/11/betrayal-basra
  9. ↑ Sudetic, Dubrovnik in Recountings true and exact... (Edizioni Lago Erie, 2015), "About the Author"
  10. ↑ Hungary: A Country Study, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/hutoc.html
  11. ↑ Albania: A Country Study, http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a279647.pdf
  12. ↑ Romania: A Country Study, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/rotoc.html
  13. ↑ Yugoslavia: A Country Study, http://lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/yutoc.html

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