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Philip Gourevitch - A Journalist Seeking Understanding

"Denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good." 

-Philip Gourevitch



Gourevitch began his legacy by pursuing the desire for understanding the evils done in this world. In 1995, Gourevitch entered the country of Rwanda in Africa searching for clarity. A year prior, the nation's government had 1 "called on everyone in the country's Hutu majority group (85% of the population) to join together and murder everyone in the Tutsi minority group (15%)." The Hutu people killed 800,000 of the Tutsi people in 100 days. 

 Gourevitch's book, We Wish to Inform You that Tomorrow We Will be Killed with Our Families, he covers his discoveries in Rwanda the experiences of the people and how they were continuing their lives with this legacy. His writings achieved him several awards, 2such as the Los Angeles Times Book Award, Overseas Press Book Club Award and The Guardians First Book Award to name a few. 

He has continued his expertise with the New Yorker by going abroad into several countries covering stories in Africa, Asia, Europe and America. Highly praised within the New Yorker, he was a finalist for the National Magazine Awards in 1996, 1998, and 2001.

Since 2002, Gourevitch has continued his work as a Literary Journalism professor at Baruch College


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1 PBS. The Triumph of Evil. Gourevitch 1995.
2 Lettre Ulysses Award. Philip Gourevitch, U.S. 2003

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