The Independent’s veteran war reporter Kim Sengupta posthumously honoured with Edgar Wallace Award

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The Independent’s award-winning veteran war correspondent Kim Sengupta has posthumously been honoured with the prestigious Edgar Wallace Award for excellence in writing and journalism. open image in gallery Kim Sengupta was named journalist of the year at the Asian Media Awards in 2016 Foreign secretary David Lammy remembered him as “brilliant and courageous”. open image in gallery Kim Sengupta pictured in Baghdad in 2005 Chris Stevenson, The Independent’s international editor, wrote in a tribute for the awards brochure: “Whether speaking to rebels or diplomats, injured citizens or prisoners, spies or soldiers, Kim would always capture the humanity at the root of every situation, and explain it to readers with a flourish. “From readers praising his work and bravery to frontline colleagues waxing lyrical about his ability to get himself into every important destination or conversation.” Last year’s winner of the award for outstanding writing and journalism went to Day of the Jackal author Frederick Forsyth, for two decades of writing columns for the Express.