Robert Elegant

Robert Elegant has been involved with the Far East for more than 50 years. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in Eastern Languages and Literature, he became the Far East correspondent with the Overseas News Agency during the Korean War. During the next 30 years he won numerous awards for his journalism from the Far East and elsewhere, primarily for Newsweek. In 1997, he published "Dynasty," the first of a trilogy of novels about China, all of which became bestsellers in...See more

Robert Elegant has been involved with the Far East for more than 50 years. After receiving his master's degree from Yale University in Eastern Languages and Literature, he became the Far East correspondent with the Overseas News Agency during the Korean War. During the next 30 years he won numerous awards for his journalism from the Far East and elsewhere, primarily for Newsweek. In 1997, he published "Dynasty," the first of a trilogy of novels about China, all of which became bestsellers in both hardcover and paperback. In addition to 10 published novels, he is also the author of seven books of nonfiction, including "Pacific Destiny: Inside Asia Today." See less