Background
Ohashi, Kenzaburo was born on December 18, 1919 in Kyoto, Japan.
Ohashi, Kenzaburo was born on December 18, 1919 in Kyoto, Japan.
Bachelor in English, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, 1943. Postgraduate, Tulane University, 1951.
Lecturer English, Sendai College Technology, 1945-1948; Professor of English, Yokohama (Japan) College Economics, 1948-1950; assistant Professor of English, Yokohama City U., 1950-1955; assistant Professor of English, Tokyo U. Foreign Studies, 1955-1962; assistant Professor of English, U. Tokyo, 1962-1968; Professor of English, U. Tokyo, 1968-1980; Professor of English, Tsurumi U., Yokohama, 1980-1991; lecturer English, Ferris Women's U., Yokohama, 1990-1994; professor emeritus, U. Tokyo, Tsurumi U. General chairman International Faulkner Conference, Izu, Japan, 1985. Lecturer American Studies Seminar, Salzburg, Austria, 1982.
Member American Literary Society Japan (adviser since 1982), English Literature Society Japan, Japanese Association for American Studies (councilor 1968-1985), International House of Japan Inc., Japan P.E.N. Club of International P.E.N., Japan Writers' Association.
Son of Kichibei and Tomi (Fujii) O.;m. Yoshie Seki, October 25, 1944. Children: Tomoe, Jun.