Stephen Owen | |||||||
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| Born | October 30, 1946 St. Louis, Missouri, U.S. | ||||||
| Nationality | American | ||||||
| Alma mater | Yale University (BA, PhD) | ||||||
| Spouse | Xiaofei Tian | ||||||
| Scientific career | |||||||
| Fields | Chinese poetry, comparative literature | ||||||
| Institutions | Harvard University | ||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Hans Fränkel | ||||||
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| Chinese | 宇文所安 | ||||||
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Stephen Owen (born October 30, 1946) is an American sinologist specializing in Chinese literature, particularly Tang dynasty poetry and comparative poetics. He taught Chinese literature and comparative literature at Harvard University and is James Bryant Conant University Professor, Emeritus; becoming emeritus before he was one of only 25 Harvard University Professors. He is a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[1]