Burton Watson | |||||||
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| Born | June 13, 1925 New Rochelle, New York, United States | ||||||
| Died | April 1, 2017 (aged 91) Kamagaya, Japan | ||||||
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| Education | Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD) | ||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 華茲生 | ||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 华兹生 | ||||||
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Burton Dewitt Watson (June 13, 1925 – April 1, 2017) was an American sinologist, translator, and writer known for his English translations of Chinese and Japanese literature.[1] Watson's translations received many awards, including the Gold Medal Award of the Translation Center at Columbia University in 1979, the PEN Translation Prize in 1982[2] for his translation with Hiroaki Sato of From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry, and again in 1995 for Selected Poems of Su Tung-p'o. In 2015, at age 88, Watson was awarded the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation for his long and prolific translation career.[3]
- ^ Stirling 2006, pg. 92
- ^ "Ahadada Books-Burton Watson". Retrieved 2008-06-03.
- ^ "Burton Watson Named Winner of 2015 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation". PEN/America. April 24, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.