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The Cleveland E. Dodge Professor of Near Eastern Studies Emeritus at Princeton University -- dubbed "the doyen of Middle Eastern studies," by The New York Times -- Islam expert Bernard Lewis has raised both awareness levels and eyebrows with topical bestsellers like What Went Wrong? and The Crisis of Islam.
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Fact File
| Name:
Bernard Lewis
Current Home:
Princeton, New Jersey
Date of Birth:
May 31, 1916
Place of Birth:
London, England
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B.A., University of London, 1936; Diplome des Etudes Semitiques, University of Paris, 1937; Ph.D., University of London,
Awards:
The Harvey Prize, 1978; National Endowment for the Humanities, 1990; Ataturk Peace Prize, 1998; George Polk Award, 2001
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An Author's Influences
| "A lot of books have influenced my life," Lewis told us in our exclusive interview, "but I suppose that the two that have had a consistent influence are the plays of Shakespeare and the Bible. I devoted a great deal of time to these books -- under constraint when I was a student, and by choice ever since. I am certainly more familiar with them than with any other."
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