Edward Luce

Edward Luce

Infobox Writer
name = Edward Luce


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birthdate = birth date and age|1968|6|1
birthplace = Sussex
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occupation = Author, Newspaper correspondent, Newspaper Bureau Chief and Columnist
nationality = British
period = 2006
genre = Non-fiction, Travel
subject = India
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Edward Luce (born 1 June 1968 [cite LAF|id=n2006-34393] ) is the Washington bureau chief of the Financial Times, London. Earlier he was their South Asia Bureau Chief based at New Delhi [cite web
url = http://www.milkeninstitute.org/events/gcprogram.taf?function=bio&EventID=GC06&SPID=2178
title = Speaker's Biography: Edward Luce
accessdate = 2007-05-15
publisher = Milken Institute] .

He is the son of the Tory politician Richard Luce. Luce studied at various boarding schools around Sussex. He graduated in politics, philosophy and economics from New College, Oxford at the University of Oxford, and did his post graduation degree in newspaper journalism from City University, London [cite web
url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060916/asp/weekend/story_6730879.asp
title = India matters
accessdate = 2007-05-15
publisher = The Telegraph, Calcutta, India] .

His first job was as a correspondent for The Guardian at Geneva. In 1995 he joined the Financial Times, London. He first reported for the Financial Times from the Philippines after which he took one year sabbatical working in Washington DC as the speech writer to Larry Summers, then US treasury secretary (1999-2001) during the Clinton administration [cite web
url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060916/asp/weekend/story_6730879.asp
title = India matters
accessdate = 2007-05-15
publisher = The Telegraph, Calcutta, India] .

He is the author of the book "In Spite of the Gods: The Rise of Modern India" (2006).

External links

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/17/books/17grim.html?ex=1188014400&en=6236c430ccc01fd5&ei=5070 The Power and the Potential of India’s Economic Change]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/01/AR2007020102364.html India's Quiet Revolution]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/04/books/review/Macintyre.t.html?ex=1328245200&en=31ec507270c53609&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss Midnight’s Grandchildren]
* [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/reviews/brieflynoted/2007/03/12/070312crbn_brieflynoted3 In Spite of the Gods]
* [http://www.economist.com/books/displaystory.cfm?story_id=7827074 Through piety to greatness]

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