Simon Kuper

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Simon Kuper is a British, and naturalized French, author and journalist, best known for his work at the Financial Times and as a football writer. Born in Uganda to South African parents, Kuper spent most of his childhood in the Netherlands and lives in Paris. After studies at Oxford, Harvard University and the Technische Universität Berlin, Kuper started his career in journalism at the FT in 1994, where he today writes about a wide range of topics, such as politics, society, culture, sports and urban planning. He publishes a well-read column in the weekend edition FT Magazine and has twice been awarded the British Society of Magazine Editors' prize for Columnist of the Year. Kuper has also written for outlets such as The Guardian and The Times.