Presenting some 235 biographical profiles of the people making international news and history, this Yearbook focuses on individuals outside the U.S. Coverage includes people from the same wide range of professions and pursuits as covered by Current Biography monthly.  Averaging 2,500 words in length and written in a lively, entertaining style, each profile includes:

• Subject’s full name, with preferred form or pseudonym and pronunciation guide.

• Birth date.

• Field or profession.

• Objective account of the subject’s life and career.

• Subject’s own views, attitudes, and opinions.

• Observations of journalists, colleagues, and associates.

• A bibliography for easy access to additional information.

• A recent photograph.

◘ 574 pp.
◘ 2006
◘ ISBN 0-8242-1057-3
◘ $170
◘ $195 (outside U.S. and Canada)  

A sampling of just some of the fascinating people covered in Current Biography International Yearbook 2005 (complete list):

Art & Literature

• Yve-Alain Bois, French art historian, professor and curator

• Rirkrit Tiravanija, Argentinean-born Thai artist

• Rumiko Takahashi, Japanese manga artist

• Jaime Manrique, Columbian writer and teacher

Business

• Peter Brabeck-Letmathe, Swiss CEO and chairman of Nestle S.A.

• Manuel Cuevas, Mexican fashion designer

• Alain Senderens, French chef

• Saud Hariri, Lebanese businessman and politician

• Deena Mehta, Indian stockbroker

Music & Entertainment

• Puffy AmiYumi, Japanese pop group

• Sophie Okonedo, British actress

• Darrell J. Roodt, South African filmmaker

• Keira Knightly, British actress

• Shohreh Aghdashloo, Iranian actress

Politics & Society

• Fatima Mernissi, Moroccan sociologist

• Adams Oshiomhole, President of the Nigerian Labour Congress

• Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, British royal family

Sports

• Atsuya Furuta, Japanese baseball player

• Yuichiro Miura, Japanese mountaineer and skier

• Birgit Prinz, German soccer player

• Nadia Petrova, Russian tennis player

Science & Mathematics

• Eugene Kaspersky, Russian computer scientist

• Simon Singh, British physicist and writer

• Yuan Longpin, Chinese agriculturalist

• Mahabir P. Gupta, Indian pharmacologist

Also of Interest

Current Biography Monthly Magazine
Published monthly except in December (11 issues per year), this classic magazine presents from 18 to 20 profiles per issue.

Current Biography Yearbook
An annual hardcover cumulation of all the biographies published in the 11 monthly issues—about 220 profiles in total.

Current Biography Cumulated Index: 1940-2005
Your guide to 66 years worth of biographies: indexes all the profiles and obituaries published from 1940 through 2006 in a single alphabet.
 

Current Biography is also available online!

Current Biography Illustrated
All the in-depth coverage of the Current Biography monthly, in a searchable database! More than 25,000 articles on figures 1940 to the present, plus over 20,000 photos.

Current Biography 1940–Present
Offers convenient online searching of more than 25,000 profiles and obituaries.