Matt janney biography

Matt Janney: A Renaissance Man In Modern Times.

I am a writer and editor based in London. My work has appeared in the Guardian, FT Weekend, Prospect, New Statesman, Times Literary Supplement, Huff Post UK, White Review,  LA Review of Books, The Calvert Journal, Coda Story and TANK.

Matthew Janney

I write predominantly about literature, culture and the Caucasus – often all three at once.

My most recent piece discusses the Georgian election by way of Russia, the EU, and Georgia’s multi-generational struggle for autonomy. —>

  • The Empusium – Olga Tokarczuk’s carnivalesque homage to Thomas Mann

    Financial Times

  • Georgi Gospodinov review — an anatomy of melancholy

    Financial Times

  • The Variations by Patrick Langley review – hearing the voices of the dead

    the Guardian

  • Summer in Baden-Baden — a pilgrim in search of Dostoyevsky’s soul

    Financial Times

  • Jon Fosse’s A Shining — light in the darkness

    Financial Times

  • Bolla by Pajtim Statovci review – illicit love in the shadow of war

    the Guardian