Richard Bernstein Biography
Richard Bernstein is a journalist, columnist, and author from the United States. For the International Herald Tribune, he wrote the Letter from America column.
Richard Bernstein Age
He was born on May 5, 1944, in New York City, United States of America. Richard is 79 years old as of May 2023.
Richard Bernstein Education
He received a B.A. in history from the University of Connecticut and an M.A. in History and East Asian Languages from Harvard University after graduating from Nathan Hale-Ray High School. He traveled to Taiwan to study Chinese in 1971.
Richard Bernstein Wife
Bernstein is married to his wife a Zhongmei Li, a Chinese classical dancer who worked with Jia Zhoungli and whom he met at a New York film screening. They lives in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
Richard Bernstein Career
He has worked as a book critic for The New York Times as well as a foreign correspondent in Europe and Asia for Time magazine and The New York Times.Bernstein joined Time magazine’s staff in 1973, when he was assigned to write about Asia. He established the magazine’s first bureau in the People’s Republic of China in 1979, and he was the first Beijing bureau chief. He joined The New York Times in 1982 as the United Nations Bureau Chief, Paris Bureau Chief, National Cultural Correspondent, book critic, and Berlin Bureau Chief. Bernstein’s debut book, From the Center of the Earth: The Search for the Truth About China (1982), was selected one of The New York Times’ “Notable Books of the Year 1982” and cemented his position as a China expert. The New York Times named The Coming Conflict with China (1997) one of the “Notable Books of the Year 1997.”
Richard Bernstein Books
- From the Center of the Earth: The Search for the Truth About China (1982)
- Fragile Glory: A Portrait of France and the French (1990)
- Dictatorship of Virtue: Multiculturalism and the Battle for America’s Future (1994)
- The Coming Conflict with China (1997), with Ross. H. Munro
- Ultimate Journey: Retracing the Path of an Ancient Buddhist Monk Who Crossed Asia in Search of Enlightenment (2001)
- Out of the Blue: The Story of September 11, 2001, from Jihad to Ground Zero (2002)
- The East, the West, and Sex: A History of Erotic Encounters (2009)
- A Girl Named Faithful Plum: The Story of a Dancer from China and How She Achieved Her Dream (2012)
China 1945 (2014)
Richard Bernstein Net Worth
He has an estimated net worth of 1 million dollars.