Johann Hari
British writer; Chasing the Scream, Lost Connections, Stolen Focus.
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Roles
The Independent (before)
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- Johann Hari is a British writer and journalist.
- He wrote for The Independent, among other outlets, until 2011, when he resigned after admitting to plagiarism and fabrications dating back to 2001 and to malicious edits of the Wikipedia pages of journalists who had criticised him; he returned his 2008 Orwell Prize.
- His books from 2015 to 2024 are on the war on drugs, depression, attention and weight-loss drugs.
Key facts
- Born
- 21 January 1979, Glasgow1
- Education
- Social and political sciences, King's College, Cambridge (2001)1
- Earlier
- New Statesman, 2001 to 2003; columnist at The Independent until 20111
- Books
- God Save the Queen? (2002); Chasing the Scream (2015); Lost Connections (2018); Stolen Focus (2022); Magic Pill (2024)1
- Orwell Prize
- Won in 2008; returned in 2011 after the council found the article inaccurate1
Roles
Before
Part of until Jan 2012
The Independent (columnist; resigned after admitting plagiarism and fabrication) source on The Independent
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