Simon Kuper

About

Sports writer who made use of the anthropological perspective to examine sports behavior in Ajax, The Dutch, the War: Football in Europe during the Second World War and Soccer Against the Enemy.

Before Fame

He moved to Netherlands from Uganda and attended Oxford and Harvard universities.

Trivia

He won the 1994 William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award for his book Football Against the Enemy.

Family Life

His father, Adam Kuper, worked as an anthropology lecturer at Leiden University.

Associated With

Sweedish poet Johannes Anyuru's father was also born in Uganda.