Richie, Donald, 1924-2013

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Name (Hebrew)
ריצ'י, דונלד
Name (Latin)
Richie, Donald, 1924-2013
Other forms of name
Jui-chʻi, Tʻang-na, 1924-2013
Tʻang-na, Jui-chʻi, 1924-2013
Richie, Donald, 1924-
Date of birth
1924
Date of death
2013
Field of activity
Japan--Civilization--1945-
Motion pictures--Japan
Occupation
Authors
Film critics
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 61662301
Wikidata: Q1240288
Library of congress: n 79143077
Sources of Information
  • Contemp. authors online, Aug. 2, 2002(Donald (Steiner) Richie; b. April 17, 1924, Lima, Ohio)
  • His This scorching earth, 1956.
  • Lerner, B. Music by my friends [SR] 2004:insert (Donald Richie; b. 1924, Lima, Ohio; living mostly in Tokyo, Japan, since 1947; novelist, filmmaker; essayist; expert on Japanese film; painter; composer)
  • New York times WWW site, Feb. 20, 2013(in obituary published Feb. 19: Donald Richie; b. Apr. 17, 1924, Lima, Ohio; d. Tuesday [Feb. 19, 2013], Tokyo, aged 88; prominent American critic and writer on Japan who helped introduce much of the English-speaking world to the golden age of Japanese cinema in 1959 and recounted his expatriate life there spanning seven decades)
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Wikipedia description:

Donald Richie (April 17, 1924 – February 19, 2013) was an American author, journalist, and film critic. He was known for writing about the Japanese people, the culture of Japan, and especially Japanese cinema. Although he considered himself primarily a film historian, Richie also directed a number of experimental films, the first when he was 17. He was awarded the Japanese Order of the Rising Sun in 2005.

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