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Frank Dikötter

Dutch historian · Netherlands · On the map · Writers · Born 1961 · age 64

Frank Dikötter is a Dutch historian who specialises in modern China. Dikötter is the author of The People's Trilogy, which consists of Mao's Great Famine (2010), The Tragedy of Liberation (2013), and The Cultural Revolution (2016), which aim to provide a description of Communist-led China.

Frank Dikötter is read about 239 times a day, in 15 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 15 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 87 days, one point a day.

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Honorary doctor of Leiden University2017
Baillie Gifford Prize2011

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Country
Netherlands
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1961 · age 64

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