Kenneth Lionel Chatterton Strong | |
|---|---|
| Born | 27 June 1925 |
| Died | 7 December 1990 (aged 65) |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Oxford University SOAS University of London |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Japanese |
| Institutions | Tokyo Woman's Christian University University of Sydney SOAS University of London |
Kenneth Lionel Chatterton Strong (27 June 1925 – 7 December 1990) was a British scholar and translator of Japanese novels.[1][2]
Kenneth Strong (1925–1990) completed a BA in Japanese at SOAS in 1951 and then later taught at SOAS from 1964 to 1980. He published Ox against the storm (1977), a biography of Japan's conservationist pioneer Tanaka Shōzō, and several highly regarded translations of modern fiction: Niwa Fumio's The Buddha tree (1966), Tokutomi Kenjirō's Footprints in the snow (1970), Kinoshita Naoe's Pillar of fire (1972), Shimazaki Tōson's The broken commandment (1974) and Arishima Takeo's A certain woman (1978)