Kôichirô HATA’s Profile


Born 1970 in Kyoto, Japan
Graduated from the Faculty of Letters, Tokyo University
Master's degree from the Graduate School of Tokyo University
Doctor of Literature, Paris-Sorbonne University (Paris IV)
Associate Professor, University of the Sacred Heart, Tokyo

Major Written and Translated Works

  • Voyageurs romantiques en Orient - Études sur la perception de l’autre, Harmattan, Paris, 2003 -(Recipient of the 14th Collegium Mediterranistarum Herend Prize)
  • Théophile Gautier and 19th Century Art (co-author), Sophia University Press, 2014
  • Complete Works of Nerval, 6 volumes (co-translation), Chikuma Shobo, 2001-2003
  • Jan Potocki, The Manuscript Found in Saragossa (Manuscrit trouvé à Saragosse), 3 vol., Iwanami Shoten, 2022-2023