IAN BURUMA
Name: Ian Buruma
Born: 28 December 1951 The Hague, Netherlands
Ian Buruma (born December 28, 1951) is an Anglo-Dutch writer and academic. Much
of his work focuses on Asian culture, particularly that of 20th-century Japan.
He was born in The Hague, the Netherlands, to a Dutch father and English mother.
He studied Chinese literature at Leiden University, and then Japanese film at
Nihon University in Tokyo. He has held a number of editorial and academic
positions, and has contributed numerous articles to the New York Review of Books.
He has held fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington, D.C and St Antony's College, Oxford. In 2003 he became Luce
Professor of Democracy, Human Rights & Journalism at Bard College, New York.
Since 2005 he has resided in New York.
Name: Ian Buruma
Born: 28 December 1951 The Hague, Netherlands
Ian Buruma (born December 28, 1951) is an Anglo-Dutch writer and academic. Much
of his work focuses on Asian culture, particularly that of 20th-century Japan.
He was born in The Hague, the Netherlands, to a Dutch father and English mother.
He studied Chinese literature at Leiden University, and then Japanese film at
Nihon University in Tokyo. He has held a number of editorial and academic
positions, and has contributed numerous articles to the New York Review of Books.
He has held fellowships at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars,
Washington, D.C and St Antony's College, Oxford. In 2003 he became Luce
Professor of Democracy, Human Rights & Journalism at Bard College, New York.
Since 2005 he has resided in New York.