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David Bennun
Born1968 (age 55–56)
NationalityEnglish
Occupation(s)Writer, journalist, music critic
Years active1990s–present

David Bennun (born 1968) is an English writer, journalist and music critic.

Career

Bennun started his career in music journalism in the 1990s. Notable publications he has written for include Melody Maker, The Guardian and The Quietus.[1][2][3][4][5] He is noted for his interview pieces, which have been cited in several books.[6][7][8]

In 2018, he began to write about political subjects such as Brexit and anti-Semitism for The Guardian[9][10] and New Statesman.[11]

Publications

Books

Selected interviews

References

  1. ^ "David Bennun". Rock's Backpages. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  2. ^ "David Bennun". The Quietus. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b "David Bennun". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  4. ^ "David Bennun". 1843. Economist Group. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  5. ^ "David Bennun". Penguin Books. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  6. ^ a b Nagle, Jeanne (2015). Chris Rock. The Giants of Comedy. The Rosen Publishing Group. p. 45. ISBN 978-1499462630.
  7. ^ a b Gitlin, Marty (2014). Chris Rock: A Biography of a Comic Genius. African-American Icons. Enslow Publishing. p. 92. ISBN 978-1464612206.
  8. ^ a b Ortega, Francisco (2008). O corpo incerto [The Uncertain Body] (in Portuguese). Editora Garamond. p. 232. ISBN 978-8576171409.
  9. ^ Bennun, David (30 November 2018). "Brace yourself, Britain. Brexit is about to teach you what a crisis actually is". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  10. ^ Gopnik, Adam (6 December 2018). "The Yellow Vests and Why There Are So Many Street Protests in France". The New Yorker. Retrieved 22 December 2018. We live in a time, as David Bennun wrote ... when what Americans call liberal institutions ... have been in place for so long that people assume ... that they can be perpetuated even as the protections they offer come under assault by authoritarian extremists
  11. ^ Bennun, David (26 July 2018). "Contemporary anti-Semitism 101: a basic (as possible) ten-point explainer". New Statesman. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
  12. ^ Poole, Steven; Rule, Vera (28 June 2003). "Non-fiction: June 28". The Guardian.

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