Johann Hari

Johann Hari is, for me, one of the more complicated figures to assess fairly. He is a genuinely gifted writer whose drug-policy book Chasing the Scream and his Martha Gellhorn Prize show real talent, yet his career also carries the heavy shadow of past plagiarism and fabrication. I respect that the record of his failures is not hidden, because it makes him a useful cautionary case: the more persuasive your prose, the greater your duty to the truth. I admire the resilience it took to keep writing afterward, but I read him with my eyes wide open and my skepticism intact.

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Name (English)

Johann Hari

Name (Japanese)

ヨハン・ハリ

Reading

よはん・はり

Born

January 21, 1979 (age 47)

Origin

Glasgow, United Kingdom

Occupation

journalist / writer

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Aquarius / Goat

University

King's College

Awards & achievements

• 2010 Martha Gellhorn Prize for Journalism

Filmography / notable works

• Official sitehttps://johannhari.com
• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann%20Hari
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%A8%E3%83%8F%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8F%E3%83%AA
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q437536

Tags

• journalist
• writer

Last updated

September 25, 2026

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