The Days After the Surrender
April 16, 2008
The Days After the Surrender
Donald Keene (Professor Emeritus, Columbia University)
301 Philosophy Hall, Columbia University (116th St. and Amsterdam Ave.)
6:00 – 7:30 PM
During the hectic days immediately following the Emperor’s broadcast announcing the Japanese surrender in August 1945, several writers recorded their reactions in diaries. These diaries, more trustworthy and moving than later recollections or newspaper accounts, give a vivid picture of what it meant to be a writer at a time when all values were suddenly turned topsy-turvy.
A reception will follow the talk.
Book Culture will be selling copies of Prof. Keene’s forthcoming autobiography, Chronicles of My Life: An American in the Heart of Japan, at the talk.
This event is open to the public free of charge. No RSVP is necessary.
