Katharine Viner
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Katharine Viner is a British journalist who is deputy editor of The Guardian
.
Raised in Yorkshire, the daughter of teachers, she was educated at Ripon Grammar School
and read English at Oxford University
. Just before her finals, Viner won a competition organised by The Guardian' s women's page and was advised to pursue a career in journalism. After periods on Cosmopolitan
and The Sunday Times
Magazine, Viner joined The Guardian in 1997, at first working on the women's page, and became editor of the Saturday Weekend supplement in 1998. She was made features editor in 2006 and deputy editor in 2008.
She is best known for My Name Is Rachel Corrie
, a play she compiled with actor Alan Rickman
from the writings and emails of Rachel Corrie
, an American activist killed in Rafah, Gaza in 2003. The play was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre
in 2005.
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
.
Raised in Yorkshire, the daughter of teachers, she was educated at Ripon Grammar School
Ripon Grammar School
Ripon Grammar School is a co-educational, selective, state secondary grammar school and specialist engineering college located in Ripon, North Yorkshire, England...
and read English at Oxford University
University of Oxford
The University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
. Just before her finals, Viner won a competition organised by The Guardian
Cosmopolitan (magazine)
Cosmopolitan is an international magazine for women. It was first published in 1886 in the United States as a family magazine, was later transformed into a literary magazine and eventually became a women's magazine in the late 1960s...
and The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times
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Magazine, Viner joined The Guardian in 1997, at first working on the women's page, and became editor of the Saturday Weekend supplement in 1998. She was made features editor in 2006 and deputy editor in 2008.
She is best known for My Name Is Rachel Corrie
My Name Is Rachel Corrie
My Name is Rachel Corrie is a play based on the diaries and emails of Rachel Corrie, edited by Alan Rickman, who directed it, and journalist Katharine Viner. Rachel Aliene Corrie was an American Evergreen State College student and member of the International Solidarity Movement who traveled to...
, a play she compiled with actor Alan Rickman
Alan Rickman
Alan Sidney Patrick Rickman is an English actor and theatre director. He is a renowned stage actor in modern and classical productions and a former member of the Royal Shakespeare Company...
from the writings and emails of Rachel Corrie
Rachel Corrie
Rachel Aliene Corrie was an American member of the International Solidarity Movement . She was killed in the Gaza Strip by an Israel Defence Forces bulldozer when she was standing or kneeling in front of a local Palestinian's home, thus acting as a human shield, attempting to prevent the IDF from...
, an American activist killed in Rafah, Gaza in 2003. The play was first performed at the Royal Court Theatre
Royal Court Theatre
The Royal Court Theatre is a non-commercial theatre on Sloane Square, in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. It is noted for its contributions to modern theatre...
in 2005.