Tarzie Vittachi

Tarzie Vittachi (September 23, 1921 – September 17, 1993), was a Sri Lankan journalist. He was born in Colombo, Ceylon. Vittachi authored two popular columns "Bouquets and Brickbats", and "Fly by Night" in the ''Ceylon Daily News''. He later became the youngest editor (at 32) of the oldest newspaper in Asia, ''The Ceylon Observer'', which was founded in 1834. He wrote a book known as ''Emergency 58'' about the country's race riots in 1958 that won him the Magsaysay Prize in 1959. From 1957 he was chairman of the World Subud Association for 25 years. From 1960 to 1965 he was Asian director of the International Press Institute, an organization of editors devoted to promoting the freedom of the press. He was, at the same time, a correspondent for ''The Economist'', the BBC and ''The Sunday Times'' of London and wrote a column for ''Newsweek''. A book about the role of the Children's Fund in arranging truces to protect children in time of conflict, called "Between the Guns", was published posthumously. Provided by Wikipedia