1922 - 2019
Donald Keene Japanese Writer
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Details
| First Name |
Donald
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| Last Name |
Keene
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| Birthday |
6th June, 1922
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| Birthplace |
New York, United States
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| Died |
24th February, 2019
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| Place of Death |
Tokyo, Japan
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| Build |
Average
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| Eye Color |
Blue
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| Hair Color |
Salt and Pepper
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| Zodiac Sign |
Gemini
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| Sexuality |
Straight
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| Ethnicity |
White
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| Nationality |
Japanese
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| Occupation Text |
Scholar, historian, professor, writer and linguist
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| Occupation |
Writer
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Donald Lawrence Keene (June 18, 1922 – February 24, 2019) was an American-born Japanese scholar, historian, teacher, writer and translator of Japanese literature. Keene was University Professor emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature at Columbia University, where he taught for over fifty years. Soon after the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, he retired from Columbia, moved to Japan permanently, and acquired citizenship under the name Kīn Donarudo (キーン ドナルド, "Donald Keene" in the Japanese name order). This was also his poetic pen name (雅号, gagō) and occasional nickname, spelled in the ateji form 鬼怒鳴門.
