John Nathan

John Nathan
Born
John Weil Nathan[1]

March 1940 (age 84)[2][3]
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Translator
  • writer
  • scholar
  • filmmaker
Years active1960s–present
Known forJapanese translations and cultural studies
Spouses
Mayumi Oda
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(m. 1962, divorced)​
Diane Siegelman
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(m. 1984)​
Children4
Academic background
Alma materHarvard University
University of Tokyo
Academic work
InstitutionsPrinceton University
University of California, Santa Barbara

John Weil Nathan (born March 1940) is an American translator, writer, scholar, filmmaker, and Japanologist. His translations from Japanese into English include the works of Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburō Ōe, Kōbō Abe, and Natsume Sōseki.[4] Nathan is also an Emmy Award-winning producer, writer and director of several films about Japanese culture and society and American business. He is Professor Emeritus of Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.[5]

  1. ^ "高木八尺文庫キャビネット内史料リスト – no. 522 詳細". cpas.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp. Retrieved December 28, 2020.
  2. ^ Nathan 2008, p. 103
  3. ^ Frank Northen Magill (1977). Survey of Contemporary Literature: Updated Reprints of 2,300 Essay-reviews from Masterplots Annuals, 1954-1976, and Survey of Contemporary Literature Supplement : with 3,300 Bibliographical Reference Sources. Salem Press. ISBN 978-0-89356-058-4.
  4. ^ France, Peter (2001). The Oxford Guide to Literature in English Translation. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199247844.
  5. ^ "John Nathan - East Asian Languages & Cultural Studies". eastasian.ucsb.edu. Retrieved November 1, 2022.