Kan Nozaki’s Profile

Born in 1959, Niigata Prefecture, Takada City (now Joetsu City)
Professor of liberal arts at the Open University of Japan
Emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo

Publications

• Jean Renoir: Movies without Borders, Seidosha, 2001 (2001 Suntory Prize for Social Sciences and Humanities)
• The Door to French Literature, Hakusuisha, 2001
• Junichiro Tanizaki and the Languages of Foreign Countries, 2003, Jimbun Shoin
• The Street Corners of Hong Kong Cinema, Seidosha, 2005
• Experiencing French Literature with the Five Senses, Hakusuisha, 2005
• Baby Education, Seidosha, 2005 (22nd Kodansha Essay Award)
• The Stranger of Camus, Your Friend, Misuzu Shobo, 2006
• We Are All Foreigners: The Japanese Literature Called Translation Literature, Goryu Shoin, 2007
• Children Know: A Guide to Immortal Literature for Adolescents, Shunjusha, 2009
• The Scent of Foreign Lands: Theories of Nerval’s Voyage to the Orient, Kodansha, 2010 (62nd Yomiuri Prize for Literature)
• French Literature and Love, Kodansha Gendai Shinsho, 2013
• Translation Education, Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2014
• André Bazin: The Man who Believed in Cinema, Shumpusha, 2015
• A Sharing of Dreams: In the Midst of Literature, Translation, and Cinema, Iwanami Shoten, 2016
• It Smells Like Water: Approaching Masuji Ibuse, Shueisha, 2018 (Kadokawa Zaidan Gakugei Award)

Translations

• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, The Bathroom, Shueisha, 1990
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Monsieur, Shueisha, 1991
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Camera, Shueisha, 1992
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Reticence, Shueisha, 1993
• Hervé Guibert, My Manservant and Me, Shueisha, 1993
• André Breton (editor), Recherches sur la sexualité, Hakusuisha, 1993
• Hervé Guibert, Paradise, Shueisha, 1994
• Patrick Deville, The Fireworks, Hakusuisha, 1994
• Philippe Sollers, Le Secret, Shueisha, 1994
• Serge Daney, Le thérrorisé (pédagogie godardienne), Gendai Shiso October 1995 Issue
• Jean Renoir, The Notebooks of Captain Georges, Seidosha, 1996
• André Malraux, A Sketch on the Psychology of Cinema, Eureka April 1997 Issue
• Jean Renoir, Le crime de l'Anglais, Seidosha, 1997
• Jean-Patrick Manchette, Fatale Gakken, 1997
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Television, Shueisha, 1998
• Nerval Complete Works V: Voyage to the Orient,, Chikuma Shobo, 1998 (co-authored with Tsuna Hashimoto)
• Jean Renoir, Essays by Jean Renoir Seidosha, 1999
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, The Ice Rink, Shueisha, 1999 (awarded the Prix de la traduction de la Communaute francaise de Belgique for translating all of Toussaints works)
• Sophie Calle, True Stories, Heibonsha, 1999
• Balzac, Lost Illusions, 2 vols., Fujiwara Shoten, 2000 (co-authored with Makiko Aoki)
• Michel Houellebecq, The Elementary Particles, Chikuma Shobo, 2001
• Jean-Michel Frodon,La Projection nationale, Iwanami Shoten, 2002
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Making Love, Shueisha, 2003
• Christian Gailly, An Evening at the Club, Shueisha, 2004
• Philippe Grimbert, Secret, Shinchosha, 2005
• Roland Barthes, Comment vivre ensemble : cours et séminaires au Collège de France (1976-1977), Chikuma Shobo, 2006
• Christian Gailly, Dernier amour, Shueisha, 2006
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Running Away, Shueisha, 2006
• Saint-Exupéry, The Little Prince, Kobunsha Koten Shinyaku Bunko, 2006
• Stendhal, The Red and the Black, 2 vols., Kobunsha Koten Shinyaku Bunko, 2007
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, Zidane’s Melancholy, Subaru June 2007 Issue
• Nancy Huston, Bilinguisme, écriture, auto-traduction : apories et euphories, Shincho November 2008 Issue
• Benedicte Guettier, Les Histoires de la salade : une enquête de l’inspecteur Lapou, Crayon-house, 2010
• Benedicte Guettier, Les Enquêtes du potager par l’inspecteur Lapou, Crayon-house, 2010
• Benedicte Guettier, La Pomme amoureuse : une enquête de l’inspecteur Lapou, Crayon-house, 2010
• Benedicte Guettier, La Cerise sur le gâteau : une enquête de l’inspecteur Lapou, Crayon-house, 2011
• Benedicte Guettier, L’Enfance de l’inspecteur Lapou, Crayon-house, 2011
• Boris Vian, Froth on the Daydream, Kobunsha Koten Shinyaku Bunko, 2011
• Irène Némirovsky, Suite française, Hakusuisha, 2012 (co-authored with Atushi Hiraoka)
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, The Truth about Marie, Kodansha, 2013
• Michel Houellebecq, The Map and the Territory, Chikuma Shobo, 2013
• Michel Houellebecq, Lanzarote, Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2014
• André Bazin, Qu’est-ce que le cinéma, Iwanami Bunko, 2 vols., 2015 (co-authored with Norihisa Ohara and Michiaki Tanimoto)
• André Bazin, Sur la politique des auteurs, André Bazin Research Issue #1, Faculty of Humanities and Institute for Image and Culture at Yamagata University, March 2017
• Abbé Prévost, Manon Lescaut, Kobunsha Koten Shinyaku Bunko, 2017
• André Bazin, Réflexions sur la critique, André Bazin Research Issue #2, Faculty of Humanities and Institute for Image and Culture at Yamagata University, March 2018
• Gérard de Nerval, Daughters of Fire, Iwanami Bunko, 2020
• Maruquerite Yourcenar, Le Dernier amour de Genji, Bungei Summer 2020 Issue
• Jean-Philippe Toussaint, La Disparition du paysage, Subaru May 2021 Issue