Simon Kuper

For the South African Supreme Court judge, see Simon Meyer Kuper.

Simon Kuper
Born
Simon Gad Kuper

Kampala, Uganda
NationalityBritish, French[1]
OccupationJournalist
Known forSports journalism, political journalism, foreign coverage

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. 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.[2]

He publishes a well-read column in the weekend edition FT Magazine[2] and has twice been awarded the British Society of Magazine Editors' prize for Columnist of the Year.[3][4] Kuper has also written for outlets such as The Guardian and The Times.[5]

Kuper’s unique approach to sports writing, particularly on football, has earned him several prestigious accolades, including the 1994 William Hill Sports Book of the Year. He writes about sports "from an anthropological perspective."[6] Time Magazine has called him “one of the world’s leading writers on soccer”[7] and The Economic Times labeled him “one of the world's most famous football writers.”[8]

He is the author of several books, among them the William Hill awarded Football Against the Enemy and the Sunday Times Bestseller about UK politics, Chums: How a Tiny Caste of Oxford Tories Took Over the UK.

Born in Uganda to South African parents, Kuper spent most of his childhood in the Netherlands and lives in Paris.

  1. ^ Kuper, Simon. "Becoming French is like winning the lottery". Archived from the original on 11 December 2022. Retrieved 6 August 2022.
  2. ^ a b "Simon Kuper | Financial Times". www.ft.com. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
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  6. ^ A quote from the short bio next to his article ‘De Teloorgang’ in Vrij Nederland, nr. 23, 7 June 2008. Page 24.
  7. ^ Kuper, Simon (11 August 2021). "Simon Kuper". Time. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
  8. ^ P, Ullekh N. (1 December 2013). "2014 FIFA World Cup: Simon Kuper, football writer, lists teams to watch out for". The Economic Times. ISSN 0013-0389. Retrieved 1 July 2023.