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'''Donald Keene''' [[Columbia College|CC]] '[[1942|42]] [[MA]] '[[1947|47]] [[PhD]] '[[1951|51]] is [[University Professor]] Emeritus and Shincho Professor Emeritus of Japanese Literature. As a student at Columbia, he studied under [[Mark Van Doren]], whose philosophy of engagement with primary literary texts shaped Keene's approach to Japanese literature. He taught Japanese literature and culture for over fifty years, and is a celebrity in Japan, where his memoirs were recently serialized in the country's highest-circulation newspaper. In [[1986]], the [[Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture]] was founded in his honor. 

Keene retired only in [[2011]]. In [[2012]], his popularity in Japan culminated when he became one of the few Westerners ever granted Japanese citizenship. A museum will even be built in his honor containing a replica of his study in New York.<ref>http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/03/world/asia/with-citizenship-japan-embraces-columbia-scholar.html?ref=global-home</ref> In the meantime, he's taken up all kinds of unique Japanese customs - like adopting 60 year old men.<ref>http://blogs.wsj.com/japanrealtime/2013/05/08/donald-keenes-latest-japanese-adventure/</ref>

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