Rukmini Maria Callimachi
Encyclopedia
Rukmini Maria Callimachi (born 25 June 1973 in Bucharest
, Romania
) is a Romanian-American
journalist
and poet
.
and then the United States
.
She graduated from Dartmouth College
, and from Exeter College
, Oxford, with a masters in linguistics. In 2000, she co-led the Royal Geographical Society
's expedition to Tibet
.
magazine.
She joined the Associated Press
in Portland, Oregon
, in 2003.
She spent a year in New Orleans documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
.
She began reporting out of Dakar, Senegal, as a West African correspondent for The AP in late 2006.
Her poetry has been published in The American Scholar, Oxford poetry,, and Black Warrior Review.
Bucharest
Bucharest is the capital municipality, cultural, industrial, and financial centre of Romania. It is the largest city in Romania, located in the southeast of the country, at , and lies on the banks of the Dâmbovița River....
, Romania
Romania
Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...
) is a Romanian-American
Romanian American
A Romanian American is a citizen of the United States who has significant Romanian heritage. For the 2000 US Census, 367,310 Americans indicated Romanian as their first ancestry, while 462,526 persons declared to have Romanian ancestry...
journalist
Journalist
A journalist collects and distributes news and other information. A journalist's work is referred to as journalism.A reporter is a type of journalist who researchs, writes, and reports on information to be presented in mass media, including print media , electronic media , and digital media A...
and poet
Poet
A poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
.
Life
She left Romania during the communist regime with her mother, father and grandmother, for SwitzerlandSwitzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
and then the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
.
She graduated from Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College
Dartmouth College is a private, Ivy League university in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. The institution comprises a liberal arts college, Dartmouth Medical School, Thayer School of Engineering, and the Tuck School of Business, as well as 19 graduate programs in the arts and sciences...
, and from Exeter College
Exeter College, Oxford
Exeter College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England and the fourth oldest college of the University. The main entrance is on the east side of Turl Street...
, Oxford, with a masters in linguistics. In 2000, she co-led the Royal Geographical Society
Royal Geographical Society
The Royal Geographical Society is a British learned society founded in 1830 for the advancement of geographical sciences...
's expedition to Tibet
Tibet
Tibet is a plateau region in Asia, north-east of the Himalayas. It is the traditional homeland of the Tibetan people as well as some other ethnic groups such as Monpas, Qiang, and Lhobas, and is now also inhabited by considerable numbers of Han and Hui people...
.
Career
She began as a freelancer in New Delhi, India including for TimeTime (magazine)
Time is an American news magazine. A European edition is published from London. Time Europe covers the Middle East, Africa and, since 2003, Latin America. An Asian edition is based in Hong Kong...
magazine.
She joined the Associated Press
Associated Press
The Associated Press is an American news agency. The AP is a cooperative owned by its contributing newspapers, radio and television stations in the United States, which both contribute stories to the AP and use material written by its staff journalists...
in Portland, Oregon
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...
, in 2003.
She spent a year in New Orleans documenting the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina of the 2005 Atlantic hurricane season was a powerful Atlantic hurricane. It is the costliest natural disaster, as well as one of the five deadliest hurricanes, in the history of the United States. Among recorded Atlantic hurricanes, it was the sixth strongest overall...
.
She began reporting out of Dakar, Senegal, as a West African correspondent for The AP in late 2006.
Her poetry has been published in The American Scholar, Oxford poetry,, and Black Warrior Review.
Awards
- 2011 Eugene S. Pulliam National Journalism Writing Award from Ball State University for her article, "Haiti-Hotel Montana".
- 2009 Pulitzer PrizePulitzer PrizeThe Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
Finalist "for her in-depth investigation of the exploitation of impoverished children in West and Central Africa" - 2009 Michael Kelly Award finalist
- 2007 Sidney Hillman Foundation Award, “Coverage of Hurricane Katrina aftermath,” The Associated Press
- 2004 John M. Templeton Religion Story of the Year award, The Daily Herald (Ill.), "Passage from India"
- 1998 Keats-Shelley Prize for PoetryKeats-Shelley Prize for PoetryThe Keats-Shelley Prize was inaugurated in 1998 by the Keats-Shelley Memorial Association to reward excellence in writing on Romantic themes.-External links:*...