Authors / person-ian-buruma

Ian Buruma

Dutch writer and academic.

Wikipedia

Portrait source · Wikimedia Commons

Recognized books

Wins

Lists

Index score

2000—2015

Recognition span

Author in the index

Ian Buruma has 5 books in the current index, recognized by prize programs between 2000 and 2015. The records span 5 leading prize families shown here.

Top recognition

Los Angeles Times Book Prize2

Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence1

Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction1

Orwell Prize1

PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay1

Subject profile

History2

Arts & Criticism1

Politics & Government1

True Crime & Justice1

Indexed works

Books by Ian Buruma

5 books · sorted by recognition

Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of ToleranceTrue Crime & Justice200614 pts Theater of Cruelty: Art, Film, and the Shadow of WarArts & Criticism20144 pts The Missionary and the Libertine: Love and War in East and WestPolitics & Government—4 pts Year Zero: A History of 1945History20132 pts Occidentalism: A Short History of Anti-WesternismHistory—2 pts

Year	Title	Subject	Score	Wins	Lists	Imprint
2006	Murder in Amsterdam: The Death of Theo Van Gogh and the Limits of Tolerance	True Crime & Justice	14	1	2	Penguin Press
2014	Theater of Cruelty: Art, Film, and the Shadow of War	Arts & Criticism	4	1	1	Unknown
—	The Missionary and the Libertine: Love and War in East and West	Politics & Government	4	0	1	Unknown
2013	Year Zero: A History of 1945	History	2	0	1	Penguin Press
—	Occidentalism: A Short History of Anti-Westernism	History	2	0	1	Unknown

Prize metrics come from Book Prize Index records. Biographical description and portrait metadata are sourced from the matched Wikidata and Wikimedia records; uncertain identity matches are omitted.

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