Michael Deibert
About Me
A journalist and author based in Paris and Senior Fellow at the World Policy Institute, I enjoy making politicians nervous in countries around the world. I also enjoy the sultry ebb of reggae and kompa, many things about Rio de Janeiro, the bookstalls of Bombay and the lambi creole at Anba Tonel in Port-au-Prince. I try to educate myself by devouring books in as many languages as I can, and by reporting from the field in places where I may be of some use to the struggle of economically and socially disadvantaged people to lead more just and decent lives.
Interests
Favorite Movies
- Casablanca
- Three Colours Red
- Picnic at Hanging Rock
- City of God
- Wings of Desire
- Apocalypse Now
- The Harder They Come
- The Dancer Upstairs
- Madame Sata
- The Mission
- All About My Mother
- The Last Wave.
Favorite Music
- Paulinho da Viola
- Tego Calderon
- Sweet Micky
- Schooly D
- Edith Piaf
- Rolling Stones
- Johnny Cash
- Bebel Gilberto
- Antonio Carlos Jobim
- Marisa Monte
- Gregory Isaacs
- Buju Banton
- Peter Tosh
- Fela
- Benny More
- Nick Drake
- Serge Gainsbourg
- Massive Attack
- Ti Paris
- baile funky
- Seu Jorge.
Favorite Books
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being
- Under the Volcano
- The Great Gatsby
- The Quiet American
- Patriotism
- Aura
- Lolita
- Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton: A Biography
- Death in the Andes
- The Lover
- Before Night Falls
- Anil's Ghost
- The Long Night of the White Chickens
- A Bend in the River.
