Ohnuki-Tierney, Emiko

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Summary: Emiko Ohnuki-Tierney is a noted anthropologist and the William F. Vilas Professor of Anthropology at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She is the author of fourteen single-authored books in English and in Japanese, in addition to numerous articles. Her books have been translated into many other languages, including Italian, Korean, Polish and Russian. Ohnuki-Tierney was appointed the Distinguished Chair of Modern Culture at the Library of Congress in DC in 2009 and then in 2010 Fellow of Institut d’Études Avancées-Paris. She is a member of The American Academy of Arts and Sciences, its mid-west council member, and a recipient of John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship among other prestigious awards. Wikipedia
Gender or Sex: Female [1][2][3][4]
Born: 1934 [2][4]
Birth Place: Japan [4]
Country: Country unknown [2]
Language: English [3]
Occupation: anthropologist [4]
Profession: Anthropologin [2]
Employer: University of Wisconsin–Madison [4]
Educated at: University of Wisconsin–Madison [4]; Tsuda University [4]
Country of Education: United States [4]; Japan [4]

Sources: 1. VIAF; 2. Deutsche Nationalbibliothek (Germany); 3. Bibliothèque nationale de France; 4. Wikidata

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