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Herbert P. Bix

American historian, sociologist of Japan, Far East · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1938 · age 88

Herbert P. Bix is an American historian known for his scholarship and teaching on modern Japanese history and imperialism.

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Awards

Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction2001
National Book Critics Circle Award in Biography2000

About this person

His book Hirohito and the Making of Modern Japan, a biography of the Japanese Emperor, won the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction in 2001, and was praised for revisionist arguments over the emperor's role in the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1938 · age 88