Who is Ian Buruma?

Ian Buruma is a cosmopolitan pur sang. Raised by an English mother and a Dutch father, he received his education both in Holland and in Japan, where he studied history, Chinese literature, and Japanese cinema. He lives in the United States. Ian writes about a broad range of political and cultural subjects, most frequently for The New York Review of Books, The New Yorker, The New York Times,and NRC Handelsblad.

Ian Buruma is a journalist and a columnist and Luce Professor of Democracy, Human Rights and Journalism at Bard College, New York.

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