Florence Aubenas

Florence Aubenas is a French journalist.

Biography

She was born in Brussels, 6 February 1961, from French parents and studied journalism at the Centre de [formation des journalistes de Paris|Centre de Formation des Journalistes] in Paris.
She worked as a reporter for Libération, Le Nouvel Observateur and Le Monde, among others. She was kidnapped in 2005 while covering the Iraq war and was held captive for five months. She received the prize "Archivio Disarmo - Golden Doves for Peace" awarded by IRIAD. Her books include Grand Reporter, Le Quai de Ouistreham and En France. Le Quai de Ouistreham, set in the port of Ouistreham in northern France, won several literary prizes and has been compared to George Orwell's classic work on the Great Depression, The [Road to Wigan Pier].