David Goodman (1946-2011) was the editor-translator of Land of Volcanic Ash, editor of Five Plays by Kishida Kunio, and author of Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s. He was Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

A real contribution to our understanding of post-war Japan, raising questions political, moral, and spiritual that all of us must learn to face as human beings, whatever our national or cultural origin.(Journal of Asian Studies)

David Goodman (1946-2011) was the editor-translator of Land of Volcanic Ash, editor of Five Plays by Kishida Kunio, and author of Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s. He was Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

A real contribution to our understanding of post-war Japan, raising questions political, moral, and spiritual that all of us must learn to face as human beings, whatever our national or cultural origin.(Journal of Asian Studies)

David Goodman (1946-2011) was the editor-translator of Land of Volcanic Ash, editor of Five Plays by Kishida Kunio, and author of Japanese Drama and Culture in the 1960s. He was Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.

A real contribution to our understanding of post-war Japan, raising questions political, moral, and spiritual that all of us must learn to face as human beings, whatever our national or cultural origin.(Journal of Asian Studies)