Background
Eto, Jun was born on December 25, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Takashi and Hiroko (Miyaji) Eto.
Eto, Jun was born on December 25, 1932 in Tokyo, Japan. Son of Takashi and Hiroko (Miyaji) Eto.
Bachelor of Arts English, Keio Gijuku University, Tokyo, 1957. Doctor of Letters in Comparative Literature, Keio University, 1974.
Editor, Mita Bungaku (Mita Review Literature), Tokyo, 1957-1962. Literature critic Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo, 1964-1966. Managing editor Kikan Geijutsu, art quarterly, Minatoku, Tokyo, 1967-1972.
Associate professor Tokyo Institute Technology, 1971-1973, professor literature and comparative culture, 1973-1990, professor emeritus, 1990.
Visiting lecturer Princeton (New Jersey) University, 1963-1964. Visiting professor Keio University, 1990-1991, professor, 1992.
Member Japan Art Academy, 1991. Rockefeller Foundation fellow Princeton University, 1962-1963.
Recipient Shincho Literature prize Kobayashi Hideo, 1962.
Noma Literature prize, 1970. Japanese Academy Art prize, 1976. Yoshida Shigeru prize, 1978, Broadcasting Culture prize, 1994.
Fellow Woodrow Wilson Center, 1979-1980.
Member Japan Art Academy, Japan Writers Association (president).
Married Keiko Miura Eto, May 13, 1957.