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Robert H. Brower
Robert H. Brower (23 March 1923 – 29 February 1988) was a professor of Far East Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature, chair of Far East Language and Literature at the University of Michigan from 1966 to 1988.
Life as a student.
Professor Brower was born March 23, 1923 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received his
bachelor's degree from Harvard University in 1944. He learnt Japanese
while serving with the armed forces in World War II, and received his
At the time of his death, Brower was at work on a series of translations of poetic treatises, which promised to reveal how Japanese poets regarded their own art.
Robert H. Brower died on Monday, 29 February 1988.