Fumio CHIBA’s Profile

Born in 1949
After leaving the doctoral program at the Graduate School of Letters, Waseda University, he completed his doctorate at the University of Paris I.
He was a Professor at the Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Waseda University and is now Professor Emeritus.

Major Publications

• Fantômas Genso, Seidosha, 1998
• Portrait of Michel Leiris, Misuzu Shobo, 2019 (Winner of the Yomiuri Prize for Literature)
• Jean Rouch: The Transgressor of Visual Anthropology, Shinwasha, 2019 (Editor)

Translations

• Elmar Holenstein, Roman Jakobson: Phenomenological Structuralism, Hakusuisha, 1983 (co-translator)
• Vladimir Jankélévitch, Night Music, Shinfonia, 1986 (co-translator)
• Paul Virilio, War and Cinema: The Logistics of Perception, UPU, 1987 / Heibonsha Library, 1999 (co-translator)
• Michel Leiris, Horns and Cries, Seidosha, 1989
• Pierre Klossowski, The Roman Matron: The Ritual and Mythical Origin of a Certain Behavior, Tetsugaku Shobo, 1989
• Steven Ungar, Roland Barthes: The Professor of Desire, Keiso Shobo, 1989
• Alan Jay Lerner, The Musical Theatre: A Celebration, Chikuma Shobo, 1990 (co-translator)
• Michel Schneider, Glenn Gould: The Aria of Solitude, Chikuma Shobo, 1991 / Chikuma Gakugei Bunko, 1995
• Michel Schneider, Schumann: The Aria of Twilight, Chikuma Shobo, 1993
• Poulenc Speaks: The Musician and the Poets, Chikuma Shobo, 1994
• Gérard Macé, The Last Egyptian, Hakusuisha, 1995
• New Smyrna Beach, The Days of Suzanne, Hakusuisha, 1995 (co-translator)
• Françoise Levaillant, The Slaughter of Signs, Misuzu Shobo, 1995 (co-translator)
• Michel Leiris, Journal 1: 1922-1944, Misuzu Shobo, 2001
• Michel Leiris, Journal 2: 1945-1989, Misuzu Shobo, 2002
• Florence Delay, Rich & Light, Misuzu Shobo, 2002
• Philippe Adam, Tamagawa Josui, Editions Verticales, 2005
• Pierre Klossowski, Women of Ancient Rome: The Ritual and Mythical Origin of a Certain Behavior (revised and expanded edition), Heibonsha Library, 2006
• Jean Starobinski, Opera: The Enchanting Women, Misuzu Shobo, 2006
• The Complete Works of Marcel Schwob, Kokusho Kankokai, 2015 (co-translator)
• Michel Leiris, The Rules of the Game III: Fibrils, Heibonsha, 2018
• Gérard Macé, Map of the Empire: Essays in Idleness II, Suiseisha, 2019
• Gérard Macé, How to Become William Kentridge, Editions La Pionnière / Martin Goodman Gallery, 2020
• Pascal Quignard, Thoughts on Encountering Death (The Last Kingdom IX), Suiseisha, 2021
• Pierre MICHON, Small Lives, Suiseisha, 2023