Anne Nivat (born June 18, 1969 in Poisy) is a French journalist and war correspondent who has covered conflicts in Chechnya, Iraq, and Afghanistan.

[1] She began her reporting career at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty and Transitions magazine in Prague, where she worked for three years between 1995 and 1997,[7] including a stint under Michael Kaufman, a New York Times foreign correspondent and editor, while he was on leave.

She gained access to the war zone by traveling there disguised as a Chechen woman and reported independently from Russian control.

Nivat was in Chechnya for four months while she intermingled and blended with the local population and reported on the conflict during a ban on journalists until she was picked up by the Russian Federal Security Service and expelled.

[1][5] In 2001 Nivat wrote down the life story of the former FLN member Louisette Ighilahriz in the book Algérienne, which was a bestseller when published.

In 2000, Anne Nivat was awarded the prestigious Albert Londres Prize for the printed word for her book Chienne de Guerre: A Woman Reporter Behind the Lines of the War in Chechnya.

[16][17] In 2004, she won the Erwan Bergot literary prize for her book Lendemains de guerre (Translation: Aftermath of War).