TOKYO - Donald Keene, a longtime Columbia University professor who was a giant in the field of Japanese literature and translation, died Sunday in Tokyo, the city that he had made his home. His death was confirmed by Akira Someya, secretary general of the Donald Keene Center Kashiwazaki in Japan’s Niigata prefecture. In this Dec. 28, 2015, file photo, Donald Keene speaks during an interview at his home in Tokyo. Keene, a giant in the field of Japanese literature and translation, has died Sunday morning, Feb. 24, 2019 of heart failure at a Tokyo hospital at the age of 96. Keene also wrote a biography of the Meiji Emperor, published in Japanese in 2001 and in English in 2002.

Source: thestar February 24, 2019 02:44 UTC