Henry Aubin

A former reporter for The Washington Post and White House correspondent for The Philadelphia Bulletin, Henry Aubin, who has been a journalist with The Montreal Gazette since 1973, is also a noted historian.

His recent work, 2002’s The Rescue of Jerusalem: The Alliance Between Hebrews and Africans in 701 B.C., states that the Assyrian retreat from the gates of Jerusalem at the turn of the eighth century B.C. was not a result of divine intervention, as stated in the Bible, but rather due to the arrival of an army from Kushite Egypt – an army made up of black Africans.

The book received the Quebec Writers’ Federation Award for non-fiction and the Canadian Jewish Book Award for history.

At The Montreal Gazette, Aubin writes about the city-region of Montreal, and he has been an investigative reporter, editorial writer and, since 2001, full-time columnist. He received a B.A. in English at Harvard and studied law for a year at Université Laval on a Canadian Bars Association fellowship for journalists.

Aubin has won three National Newpaper Awards and is also the author of City for Sale (1977), a best-seller on Montreal land ownership. His newest book is Who’s Afraid of Demergers? The Straight Goods on Québec’s Megacities (2004).