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John W. Dower

American historian · United States · On the map · Writers · Born 1938 · age 88

John W. Dower is an American author and historian. His 1999 book Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction, the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, the Bancroft Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Mark Lynton History Prize, and the John K. Fairbank...

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2000Bancroft PrizeAwardPulitzer Prize for General NonfictionAward1999John K. Fairbank PrizeAwardNational Book Award for NonfictionAwardPEN New England AwardAward1938Born21 June 1938

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Bancroft Prize2000
Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction2000
PEN New England Award1999
National Book Award for Nonfiction1999
John K. Fairbank Prize1999

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His 1999 book Embracing Defeat: Japan in the Wake of World War II won the U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction, the Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, the Bancroft Prize, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the Mark Lynton History Prize, and the John K. Fairbank Prize of the American Historical Association.

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Born 1938 · age 88

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