Ian Buruma to receive Erasmus Award

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The British-Dutch journalist and author Ian Buruma will receive the Erasmus Prize on November 7 from prince Willem-Alexander. The prize is worth €150,000.


Buruma was chosen because he embodies the ‘New Cosmopolitan’, this year’s theme.
Buruma (57) has edited The Far Eastern Economic Review and The Spectator and is currently professor of democracy, human rights and journalism at the Bard College in New York.

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