Lecture: Four Japanese Novelists: Jun’ichiro Tanizaki

March 8, 1999

Lecture: Four Japanese Novelists: Jun’ichiro Tanizaki
Prof. Donald Keene (University Professor Emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus, Columbia University)
GSAS Lounge, Philosophy Hall, Columbia University (116th St. & Amsterdam Ave.)
6:00 PM

Donald Keene, the Western world’s most celebrated scholar of Japanese literature and culture, will relate personal reminiscences about Jun’ichiro Tanizaki (1886-1965) and his literary contributions. Jun’ichiro Tanizaki’s writings include such masterpieces as The Makioka Sisters (Sasameyuki, 1957), The Key (Kagi, 1956), and Diary of a Mad Old Man (Futen rojin nikki, 1962).

Tickets are $15.00 per lecture.
Columbia students are admitted free with an ID.
Tickets are available at the door and can also be purchased in advance by sending a check payable to The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture and a self-addressed stamped envelope to The Donald Keene Center, 507 Kent Hall, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027.

Part of Four Japanese Novelists Lecture Series