Louis-Frédéric

Louis-Frédéric Nussbaum (1923 – 1996), also known as Louis Frédéric or Louis-Frédéric, was a French scholar, art historian, writer, translator and editor. He was a specialist in the cultures of Asia, especially India and Japan.
Early life.
Louis-Frédéric was born in Paris in 1923. He studied at the Sorbonne and the École pratique des hautes études.
Career.
Louis-Frédéric wrote many books on India, Japan and Southeast Asia.
He was the editor of the 10-volume "Encyclopaedia of Asian Civilizations" which was published in eight editions in English between 1977 and 1987. 
Louis-Frédéric's "Japan encyclopedia" was published in six editions in English and French between 1996 and 2005.
Selected works.
In an overview of writings by and about Louis-Frédéric, OCLC/WorldCat lists roughly 170 works in 337 publications in 14 languages and 7,762 library holdings.