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He was given a lifetime achievement award from the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture of Columbia University for his translations of modern Japanese fiction..
After joining the Church of Latter-day Saints in 1968, Gessel served as a missionary to Japan from 1970-71. in Japanese literature from Columbia University.
Gessel is a professor of Japanese at Brigham Young University, and has a Ph.
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Gessel, Van C.: - Van C