Burton Watson (1925–2017)
Autore di Chuang Tzu: Basic Writings
Sull'Autore
Burton DeWitt Watson was born in New Rochelle, New York on June 13, 1925. When he was 17 years old, he dropped out of high school and joined the Navy. He experienced Japan through his weekly shore leaves while stationed at Yokosuka Naval Base in 1945. After returning to the United States, he mostra altro received a bachelor's degree in Chinese in 1949 and a master's degree in Chinese in 1951 from Columbia University. He spent time learning Japanese as a graduate student at Kyoto University before receiving a doctorate in Chinese in 1956 from Columbia. He has taught English at Doshisha University in Kyoto and Chinese at Stanford University and Columbia. He became a translator of Chinese and Japanese literature and poetry. His numerous translations included Cold Mountain: 100 Poems by the Tang Poet Han-shan, Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings, The Complete Works of Chuang Tzu, and The Tso Chuan: Selections from China's Oldest Narrative History. His collections included Early Chinese Literature, Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry from the Second to the Twelfth Century, From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry, and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the 13th Century. He received Columbia University's Translation Center's Gold Medal Award in 1979, the PEN Translation Prize in 1981 and 1995, and the Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation in 2015. He died on April 1, 2017 at the age of 91. mostra meno
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Opere di Burton Watson
From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry (1981) — A cura di; Traduttore — 106 copie
Courtier And Commoner In Ancient China: Selections From The History Of The Former Han by Pan Ku (1974) 32 copie
The Demon at Agi Bridge and Other Japanese Tales (Translations from the Asian Classics) (2010) — Traduttore — 21 copie
Japanese Literature in Chinese: Poetry and Prose in Chinese by Japanese Writers (Translations from the Oriental… (1975) 3 copie
KUTAI ZHONGGUO WENXUE 1 copia
Grass Hill 1 copia
Buddhism, The First Millennium 1 copia
Vimalakirti Sutra 1 copia
Records of the Grand Historian of China, Volume I, Early Years of the Han Dynasty, 209 to 141 B.C. (1961) 1 copia
Zen Teachings of Master Lin-chi 1 copia
Opere correlate
Tao te ching: il libro della via e della virtu (0400) — Introduzione, alcune edizioni — 17,213 copie
Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (1955) — Traduttore — 735 copie
Modern Japanese Literature: From 1868 to the Present Day (1956) — Traduttore, alcune edizioni — 289 copie
Records of the historian : chapters from the Shih chi of Ssu-ma Ch'ien (1969) — Traduttore — 39 copie
Grass Hill: Poems and Prose by the Japanese Monk Gensei (Translations from the Asian Classics) (1983) — alcune edizioni — 3 copie
Montemora No. 1 — Collaboratore — 2 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Watson, Burton DeWitt
- Data di nascita
- 1925-06-13
- Data di morte
- 2017-04-01
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- New Rochelle, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Kamagaya, Chiba Prefecture, Japan
- Istruzione
- Columbia University
- Premi e riconoscimenti
- Columbia University Translation Center Gold Medal Award (1979)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature ∙ 2005)
PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation (2015)
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- Opere
- 34
- Opere correlate
- 25
- Utenti
- 1,928
- Popolarità
- #13,357
- Voto
- 4.1
- Recensioni
- 21
- ISBN
- 61
- Lingue
- 6
- Preferito da
- 3