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Birth: | 1951 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Professor |
Haruo Shirane was born in Tokyo, Japan. He is a Japanese-born American professor and author. He served as a Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at Columbia University. He is Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures at Columbia University. He received a B.A. degree from Columbia College in 1974, an M.A. from Michigan University in 1977, and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1983. In 2010, he was awarded the Ueno Satsuki Memorial Prize on Japanese Culture for his contributions to the study of Japanese culture. He has written several books include: The Bridge of Dreams, Traces of dreams, Early Modern Japanese Literature, and Japan and the Culture of the Four Seasons.
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