Andrew Mango
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Mango in 2009 at a conference in Ankara, Turkey
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| Born | 14 June 1926 Istanbul, Turkey |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Author |
| Language | English, Turkish |
| Nationality | British |
Andrew James Alexander Mango (14 June 1926 – 6 July 2014) was a British author who was born in Turkey as one of three sons of a prosperous Anglo-Russian family. He was the brother of the distinguished Oxford historian and Byzantinist Professor Cyril Mango. Mango's early years were passed in Istanbul; in the mid-1940s, he left for Ankara and obtained a job as a press officer in the British Embassy. He moved to the United Kingdom in 1947 and lived in London until his death. He held degrees from the University of London, including a doctorate on Persian literature. He joined the BBC's Turkish section while still a student and, spent his entire career in the External Services, rising to be Turkish Programme Organiser and then Head of the South European Service. He retired in 1986.[1] Mango died at the age of 88 on 6 July 2014. His death was announced by Richard Moore, the British Ambassador to Turkey.[1][2]
Writings on Turkey and Atatürk
Mango spent five years working on the biography of Atatürk, using Turkish printed sources though not archival material.[citation needed] It has been claimed that his biography of Kemal Atatürk constitutes the definitive account among many other works and "reveals the long suppressed darker aspects of its subject, showing us a far more complex personality than we had seen before."[3]
Bibliography
- From the Sultan to Atatürk - Turkey, (2009)
- Turkey and the War on Terrorism, (2005)
- The Turks Today, (2004)
- Atatürk: The Biography of the Founder of Modern Turkey, (1999)
- Turkey: The Challenge of a New Role, (1994)
- Discovering Turkey, 1971
- Turkey, 1968
Notes
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- ↑ Prominent scholar on Turkey Andrew Mango dies
- ↑ Atatürk’s creation by David Fromkin; note: article requires registration/purchase.
References
- Barchard, David, "The Brothers Mango", Cornucopia Magazine No 19, Winter 1999.
- Christopher de Bellaigue, Article about Mango, New York Review of Books
- Finkel, Caroline, Osman's Dream, (Basic Books, 2005), 57; "Istanbul was only adopted as the city's official name in 1930."
- Sanberk, Özdem, "Obituary for Andrew Mango (1926-2014)" Hürriyet Daily News 8 July 2014.
