Polastron, Lucien X.

Lucien X. Polastron is a historian specializing in Chinese and Arab studies and has written several books on calligraphy as well as a monumental study of paper, "Le Papier: 2000 ans d'histoire" ["Paper: 2000 Years of History"]. The destruction of the National Library in Sarajevo in 1992 was the catalyst for his systematic research into the destruction of libraries, a subject he had encountered many times over while working on his previous book about paper. The culmination of his extensive research, "Livres en feu" ["Books on Fire"] received the 2004 SociEtE des Gens de Lettres Prize for Nonfic...