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.

◘ 592 pp.
◘ January 2008
◘ ISBN 978-0-8242-1085-4
◘ $175
◘ $195 (outside U.S. and Canada)  

A sampling of just some of the fascinating people covered in Current Biography International Yearbook 2006 (complete list):

Sports

• Cristiano Ronaldo, Portuguese soccer player

• Lewis Hamilton, British race-car driver

• Brian Joubert, French figure skater

• Lorena Ochoa, Mexican golfer

• Alain Robert, French urban climber

• Martin Strel, Slovenian swimmer

Literature

• Seamus Deane, Irish literary critic

• Karin Fossum, Norwegian mystery novelist and poet

• Helen Garner, Australian novelist and nonfiction writer

• Mohja Kahf, Syrian-born poet and fiction writer

• Orhan Pamuk, Nobel Prize–winning Turkish novelist

• Gitta Sereny, Austrian-born nonfiction writer

Music

• Arcade Fire, Canadian rock band

• Yefim Bronfman, Uzbek-born pianist

• Pascal Dusapin, French composer

• Paul Galbraith, Scottish guitarist

• Rammstein, German rock band

• Tan Dun, Chinese composer

Business

• Robin Li, Chinese Internet executive

• Alvaro Noboa, Ecuadorian exporter

• Ndidi Nwuneli, Nigerian businesswoman, founder of LEAP Africa

• Ratan Tata, Indian chairman of the Tata Group

• Mark Shuttleworth, South African entrepreneur and adventurer

Arts & Entertainment

• Tomma Abts, German painter

• Tadanobu Asano, Japanese actor

• Bong Joon-ho, South Korean filmmaker

• Rene Burri, Swiss photographer

• Juan Diego Florez, Peruvian opera singer

• Mallika Sherawat, Indian actress

Politics, Society & Government

• Rotimi Adebari, Nigerian-born Irish mayor

• Kurmanbek Bakiyev, President of Kyrgyzstan

• Micheline Calmy-Rey, President of Switzerland

• Maria Teresa Fernanez de la Vega, Vice president of Spain

• Jonathan Moyo, Zimbabwean politician

• Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador

Science

• Sydney Brenner, South African-born British geneticist

• Yves Chauvin, French chemist

• Vitaly L. Ginzburg, Russian physicist

• Monty Jones, Sierra Leonean scientist

• Masatoshi Koshiba, Japanese physicist

• J. Robin Warren, Australian pathologist

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 2005 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.