The Goodenough Baronetcy, of Broadwell and Filkins in the Oxfordshire, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
Filkins has won two National Magazine Awards; in 2009, for his story, "Right At the Edge," and in 2011 for "Bedrooms of the Fallen," an essay with the photographer Ashley Gilbertson.
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Before joining the Times in September 2000, Filkins was New Delhi bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times for three years.
Filkins previously translated the complete poems of Austrian writer Ingeborg Bachmann and two of her novel fragments, as well as a novel by Alois Hotschnig.
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Filkins is best known for his translations of post-war German literature into English.
Filkins shares writing and composing credits on the songs "All Fall Down", "Prodigal", "Say (All I Need)", "Sleep", "Something's Not Right Here", "Stop and Stare", "Tyrant" and "Won't Stop".
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Filkins guest-starred as a park ranger in the hit crime series Criminal Minds, Season 7 episode "Epilogue".