Biography of kenneth timmermans

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 Kenneth R. Timmerman (b. ) left the United States in, after studying literature and creative writing with acclaimedAmerican novelist John Hawkes at Brown University, which awarded himan MA degree in For several years, he published a literaryquarterly calledParis Voices out of Sylvia Beach'sfamous Paris bookstore, Shakespeare & Company, teaching Englishand doing translations on the side.

He got his start as a journalist covering the Israeli-PLO war inBeirut in , working in the region as a free-lance correspondencefor a variety of publications, until he returned to the United Statesto join the House Foreign Affairs Committee as a professional staffmember in

After covering hotspots in Beirut, Damascus, the West Bank, Egypt,and Israel for USA Today and as a Special correspondent for theAtlanta Journal-Constitution and doing French radio spots, in Timmerman began working for a French monthly magazine, Defense&