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John L. Battenfeld Jr. (born Aug. 25, 1943 at Norwalk, Connecticut, USA) is an American writer, journalist and teacher. From 1982 to 1995, he was a foreign correspondent with United Press International and Reuters in Asia, residing in Tokyo, Seoul, Delhi and Hong Kong. He has taught at New York University, Boston University and SUNY-Purchase College, and two Connecticut community colleges, as well as inner-city high schools in the Bronx, N.Y. and Bridgeport, Conn.