Donald Keene
1922 - 2019
General Information
Bio
(1922-2019) Translator. Donald Keene was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Tokyo, Japan. The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University is named in his honor.
Full Name
Donald Keene
Locations
Kings
Author's Timeline
1922
BIRTH
Donald Keene was born in Brooklyn, New York, on June 18, 1922.
1938
OTHER
Dr. Keene began studies at Columbia University in 1938 and spent much of his career there.
1959
LITWORK
Living Japan
Doubleday and Company
Nonfiction.
Doubleday and Company
Nonfiction.
1984
LITWORK
Dawn To The West
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
0030628148 / 978-0030628146
Nonfiction.
Holt, Rinehart & Winston
0030628148 / 978-0030628146
Nonfiction.
1988
LITWORK
The Pleasures of Japanese Literature
Columbia University Press
0231067364 / 978-0231067362
Nonfiction.
Columbia University Press
0231067364 / 978-0231067362
Nonfiction.
1991
LITWORK
Appreciations of Japanese Culture
Kodansha Amer Inc.
4770009569 / 978-4770009562
Nonfiction.
Kodansha Amer Inc.
4770009569 / 978-4770009562
Nonfiction.
1994
LITWORK
On Familiar Terms: A Journey Across Cultures
Kodansha Amer Inc.
1568360065 / 978-1568360065
Nonfiction.
Kodansha Amer Inc.
1568360065 / 978-1568360065
Nonfiction.
1995
LITWORK
Modern Japanese Diaries: The Japanese at Home and Abroad As Revealed Through Their Diaries
Henry Holt & Co.
0805020551 / 978-0805020557
Nonfiction.
Henry Holt & Co.
0805020551 / 978-0805020557
Nonfiction.
2002
LITWORK
Emperor of Japan: Meiji and His World, 1852���1912
Columbia University Press
023112340X / 978-0231123402
Nonfiction.
Columbia University Press
023112340X / 978-0231123402
Nonfiction.
2003
LITWORK
Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan
Columbia University Press
0231130561 / 978-0231130561
Nonfiction.
Columbia University Press
0231130561 / 978-0231130561
Nonfiction.
2008
LITWORK
Chronicles Of My Life An American In The Heart Of Japan
Columbia University Press
0231144407 / 978-0231144407
Memoir.
Columbia University Press
0231144407 / 978-0231144407
Memoir.
2010
LITWORK
So Lovely A Country Will Never Perish: Wartime Diaries of Japanese Writers
Columbia University Press
0231151462 / 978-0231151467
Nonfiction.
Columbia University Press
0231151462 / 978-0231151467
Nonfiction.
2019
DEATH
Donald Keene died in Tokyo, Japan, on February 24, 2019.
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