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Dazai, Osamu

(Encyclopedia) Dazai, OsamuDazai, Osamuōsäˈm&oomacr; däˈzī [key], pseudonym of Shuji TsushimaDazai, Osamush&oomacr;ˈjē ts&oomacr;ˈshĭmä [key], 1909–48, Japanese novelist. Considered one…

An International Glossary of Comic Terms

Bande Dessinée, Manga Kissa, Splash Page, and more by Jennie Wood A-Q | R-W AmeriManga Manga-style comics created by American artists. Ani-manga A term used to describe comics…

Manga and Anime: The Japanese Invasion

Japanese comics and cartoons, with their bold art and complex plots, have captured the hearts and imaginations of a worldwide audience. by Jennie Wood Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors, the first…

Shimomura, Osamu

(Encyclopedia) Shimomura, Osamu, 1928–2018, Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist, Ph.D. Nagoya Univ., 1960. Shimomura was a researcher at Princeton (1960–82) and a professor (1982–2001)…

Chalfie, Martin

(Encyclopedia) Chalfie, Martin, 1947–, American biologist, b. Chicago, Ph.D. Harvard, 1977. In 1982 Chalfie joined the faculty at Columbia, where he is now the William R. Kenan, Jr., Professor of…

Tsien, Roger Yonchien

(Encyclopedia) Tsien, Roger Yonchien, 1952–2016, American biochemist, b. New York City, Ph.D. Cambridge, 1977. Tsien was a researcher at Cambridge (1977–81) and a professor at the Univ. of California…