Marcel Theroux

Marcel Theroux (born 1968) is a novelist and television presenter. He wrote The Stranger in The Earth and The Paperchase for which he won the Somerset Maugham Award in 2002. He worked in television news in and New York and Boston.

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1968 - Somerset Maugham Award - 2002 - Television news - New York - Boston

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He is the older son of the American travel writer and novelist, Paul Theroux. His younger brother, Louis Theroux, is a journalist and television presenter.

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American - Paul Theroux - Louis Theroux

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Born in Kampala, Uganda, Theroux was brought up in Wandsworth, London. After attending a state primary school he boarded at Westminster School. He went on to study English at the University of Cambridge and international relations at Yale. Currently he lives in London.

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Kampala - Uganda - Wandsworth - London - State primary school - Westminster School - University of Cambridge - International relations - Yale

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In 2004 he presented The End of the World as We Know It part of the War on Terra television series about climate change on Channel 4.

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2004 - Television series - Climate change - Channel 4

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