Biography

Fergal Keane was born on January 6, 1961 in London, England, UK. He is a writer, known for Our World (2007), Remembering Nuremberg: 75 Years On (2021) and Horizon (1964). He has been married to Anne Frances Flaherty since 1986.

He was born in London, England but grew up in Dublin, Ireland.

He was awarded the OBE (Officer of the Order of the British Empire) for services to journalism in the 1996 Queen's Honours List.

A second report on Rwandan Genocide for "Panorama," was awarded the 1997 Silver Nymph Award at the Monte Carlo Awards in Monte Carlo, Monaco.

He was awarded the James Cameron Award in 1996 for war reporting and the Voice of the Viewer and Listener Award for "Letter to Daniel," broad casted on Radio 4's "From Our Own Correspondent.".

He was awarded the Amnesty International Television Award for his 1994 Panorama Report, "Journey into Darkness," about the Rwandan Genocide.

In a foreign country when I'm on the phone and don't wish people to understand what I'm saying, I speak Irish and no Serb listening in is going to crack the code.