He was born in Birmingham, England on November 18, 1946 and became a Canadian citizen as an adult.
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He has also published essays on Japan-related topics such as the Kojiki, Lafcadio Hearn and Japanese calligraphy.
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He has written critical studies of the major Japanese writers Yasunari Kawabata, Naoya Shiga, Osamu Dazai, and Yukio Mishima, and edited books on Asian nationalism (especially ethnic nationalism, religious nationalism, and cultural nationalism), globalization, and pan-Asianism.
Starrs, Roy (1998) Soundings in Time: The Fictive Art of Kawabata Yasunari, University of Hawai'i Press/RoutledgeCurzon
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