Miyawaki Toshifumi

Adjunct professor at Seikei University, where he teaches American literature. Chair of the F. Scott Fitzgerald Society of Japan. Born in Kobe in 1953. Completed a master’s degree at Sophia University. His publications include Amerika no shōshitsu: haiwei yo, futatabi (The Disappearance of America: On the Highway Again), Murakami Haruki o kokoro de kiku: kiseki no yō na gūzen o motomete (Listening to Murakami Haruki with the Heart: In Search of Miraculous Coincidence), and Jazu eiji wa owaranai: Yo wa yasashi no sekai (The Unending Jazz Age: The World of Tender is the Night). Currently writing a book about the United States since the election of Donald Trump as president, with the title Amerika no shōshitsu 2 (The Disappearance of America, Part 2.)