FURUNAGA Shinichi
Japan
Scholar of Literature and Associate Professor, Tokyo Metropolitan University
Born in 1967. After studying at Paris Diderot University, Paris 7, he completed the doctoral course at the Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences at Waseda University. He is currently an Associate Professor of Representation Studies in Art and Culture at Tokyo Metropolitan University. His books include Georges Bataille—Kyogi no vijon (Georges Bataille—Vision of Sacrifice) [Waseda University Press] and BD daiku no geijutsu (Bande Dessinée—Neuvième Art) [Publisher Michitani]. His translations include Sei naru inbo (Holy Intrigue) [joint translation, Chikuma Gakugeibunko], Thierry Groensteen's Lignes de vie: Le visage dessinée (Lines of Life: The Drawn Face) [Jinbunshoin], Pascal Rabaté's IBICUS [Kokushokankokai], François Schuiten's La Douce [ShoPro], Sergio Toppi's Sharaz-De [ShoPro], François Schuiten's and Benoît Peeters' Les Cités Obscures [joint translation, ShoPro], Marc-Antoine Mathieu's Dieu en personne [Kawade Shobo Shinsha], Sebastian Roffat's Animation and Propaganda [joint translation, Hosei University Press], and Thierry Groensteen's and Benoît Peeters' Töpffer—L'invention de la bande dessinée [joint translation, Hosei University Press].