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(1924-2013) Writer. Donald Richie was born in Lima, Ohio, and died in Tokyo, Japan. He was a graduate of Columbia University and the author of many books on Japan.

Full Name

Donald Richie

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1924

BIRTH

Donald Richie was born in Lima, Ohio, on April 17, 1924.

1949

LITWORK

The Honorable Visitors
Charles E Tuttle

0-8048-1941-6

1953

OTHER

Mr. Richie graduated from Columbia University in 1953.

1959

LITWORK

The Japanese Film: Art And Industry
Charles E. Tuttle Company
0691053510 / 978-0691053516
Nonfiction written with Joseph L. Anderson.

1971

LITWORK

The Inland Sea
Weatherhill
0834800632 / 978-0834800632
Travel memoir.

1992

LITWORK

A Lateral View
Stone Bridge Press
0962813745 / 978-0962813740
Collection of essays.

1995

LITWORK

Partial Views
The Japan Times
4789008010 / 978-4789008013
Collection of essays.

1997

LITWORK

Public People, Private People
Kodansha International
4770021046 / 978-4770021045
Nonfiction.

2001

LITWORK

The Donald Richie Reader
Stone Bridge Press
1880656582 / 978-1880656587
Collection of writings on Japan.

2004

LITWORK

The Japan Journals, 1947-2004
Stone Bridge Press
1880656914 / 978-1880656914
Memoir.

2013

DEATH

Donald Richie died in Tokyo, Japan, on February 19, 2013.

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