Donald Keene

Tokyo library opens collection donated by scholar...
Donald Keene shows notes he made in the margins of a book, which is among the collection he donated to a library in Tokyo's Kita Ward on Jan. 24. (Takayuki Goto)
January 31, 2013
A section dedicated to renowned Japanologist Donald Keene has opened at a public library in Tokyo with a collection of nearly 800 books he donated, many with notes he scribbled ...
Donald Keene: Truly at home in Japan
Donald Keene (Photo by Makoto Kaku)
December 16, 2012
Donald Keene, the highly admired Japanologist, returned to Japan in September 2011 to live out his twilight years in the country that provided the backdrop to his life.
Renowned scholar Keene recalls horrors of Okinawan...
Donald Keene (Photo by Motooki Hayasaka)
June 20, 2012
The Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene might never have set foot in the country to which he has devoted his life if a suicide pilot had succeeded in his mission on April...
Kita Ward celebrates storied life of Donald Keene
Donald Keene enjoys a view of the cherry blossoms on the banks of the Arakawa river on April 5. (Provided by Kita Ward)
May 17, 2012
Now that acclaimed U.S.-born scholar Donald Keene has obtained Japanese citizenship, Tokyo's Kita Ward wants to make sure the whole country knows he's one of its own.
Keene's love for Japan still growing after 70 years
Donald Keene relaxes in the Kyu-Furukawa Gardens in Tokyo’s Kita Ward, near his home for 38 years. (Makoto Kaku)
April 17, 2012
In 1940, the Japanese literature scholar Donald Keene came across an English translation of the acclaimed 11th-century Japanese novel “Genji Monogatari" (The Tale of Genji)...
VOX POPULI: Red thread of destiny brought Keene and ...
March 10, 2012
It feels as if I now have a truly great man for a relative. Japanologist Donald Keene, 89, has finally become a Japanese citizen.
Donald Keene acquires Japanese citizenship
Donald Keene, a U.S.-born scholar of Japanese literature, hands out his new business cards after his news conference on March 8 in Tokyo's Kita Ward to announce his acquisition of Japanese citizenship. (Satoru Sekiguchi)
March 09, 2012
Donald Keene, a famed U.S.-born scholar of Japanese literature, acquired Japanese citizenship on March 8 and urged his new homeland not to forget about disaster victims in the...
Famed Japanologist Keene gets museum in Kashiwazaki
Donald Keene, famed scholar of Japanese literature, talks about the project to found a museum dedicated to him in Kashiwazaki, Niigata Prefecture, on Dec. 3. (Koji Shimizu)
December 05, 2011
KASHIWAZAKI, Niigata Prefecture--Along with permanently moving to Japan, renowned Japanese literature researcher Donald Keene has brought the living room and study of his New...
Literary scholar Keene donates books to Kita library
Donald Keene presents his donation of books at the central library of Tokyo's Kita Ward on Oct. 27. (Yu Yamada)
October 28, 2011
Famed scholar and Japanologist Donald Keene has donated 600 books from his vast collection to the central municipal library of Tokyo's Kita Ward.
VOX POPULI: September offers words of loss and hope
September 30, 2011
"Smokestacks were the only things that defined Tokyo's cityscape in the immediate aftermath of World War II," noted Donald Keene, 89, who has "come home" to Japan for good. "A...
Keene begins new life in Japan
Donald Keene, professor emeritus of Japanese literature at Columbia University, talks to news reporters on arrival at Narita Airport on Sept. 1. (Mamoru Nagaya)
September 02, 2011
Donald Keene, the renowned scholar of Japanese literature, has decided to make Japan his permanent home.
Japanese literature expert Keene plans move to Tokyo
Donald Keene conducts a lecture last month at Columbia University. (Photo by Mari Sakamoto)
April 18, 2011
NEW YORK--The renowned Japanese literature expert Donald Keene, professor emeritus at Columbia University, is teaching for the last time this spring term.
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