Ian Johnson (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Ian Johnson (writer)

American journalist

Date of Birth: 27-Jul-1962

Place of Birth: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Profession: journalist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Ian Johnson (July 27, 1962 - ) is a Beijing-based writer and independent scholar.
His Chinese name is Zhang Yan (??).Johnson writes regularly for The New York Review of Books and The New York Times, and gives speeches on China in Europe and North America.
He also teaches university courses at The Beijing Center for Chinese Studies,, is a past associate editor of The Journal of Asian Studies, and is a doctoral candidate at Leipzig University.Johnson won the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for his coverage of the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
His reporting from China was also honored in 2001 by the Overseas Press Club and the Society of Professional Journalists.
In 2017 he won Stanford University's Shorenstein Prize for his body of work covering Asia.
In 2019 he won the American Academy of Religion's "best in-depth newswriting" award.