Pierre Marsone, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Pierre Marsone

French sinologist

Date of Birth: 11-Dec-1966

Place of Birth: Monaco

Profession: sinologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Pierre Marsone is a French sinologist.
He is Directeur d'études (Professor) at the Department of Historical Sciences and Philology of the École Pratique des Hautes Études (EPHE) in Paris, France.
His principal fields of research are the political and religious history of China, including the Khitan Liao Dynasty, the Jurchen Jin dynasty and Mongolian Yuan Dynasty; the Quanzhen School of Taoism, Japanese Zen Buddhism, and the semantic analysis of Chinese. In June 2012, Pierre Marsone received from the Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres the Prix Stanislas Julien for his book La Steppe et l’Empire (Les Belles Lettres, 2011).