Burton Watson
Burton Watson (born June 13, 1925 in New Rochelle , United States , † April 1, 2017 in Kamagaya , Chiba Prefecture ) was a translator of Chinese and Japanese literature.
Watson taught at Columbia , Stanford and Kyoto Universities .
He translated The Lotus Sutra , The Vimalakirti Sutra , Chuang Tzu : Basic Writings , Mo Tzu : Basic Writings , Han Fei Tzu : Basic Writings , Ryōkan : Zen Monk-Poet of Japan , Saigyo : Poems of a Mountain Home and The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the Thirteenth Century , Records of the Grand Historian (= Shiji , selection), The Tso chuan (= Zuozhuan , selection), all have been published by Columbia University Press.
In 1982 and 1995 he received the PEN Translation Prize .
Web links
- Literature by and about Burton Watson in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography
- Works by Burton Watson in the Lower Saxony State and University Library in Göttingen
- Lucas Klein, Not Altogether an Illusion: Translation and Translucence in the Work of Burton Watson . World Literature Today (May – August 2004)
- Burton Watson Named Winner of 2015 PEN / Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation . PEN / America. April 24, 2015
Individual evidence
- ↑ Obituary (English) , accessed on April 19, 2017
- ↑ Grimes, William (May 3, 2017). " Burton Watson, 91, Influential Translator of Classical Asian Literature, Dies ". The New York Times. p. A25.
- ^ Deal, William E. (1996). Review: The Lotus Sutra by Burton Watson, China Review International 3 (2), 559-564
- ^ Ziporyn, Brook (1998). Review: The Vimalakirti Sutra by Burton Watson, The Journal of Asian Studies 57 (1), 205-206
- ^ Nattier, Jan (2000). " The Teaching of Vimalakīrti (Vimalakīrtinirdeśa): A Review of Four English Translations ". Buddhist Literature. 2: 234-258
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Watson, Burton |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American translator of Chinese and Japanese literature |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 13, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1, 2017 |
| Place of death | Kamagaya , Chiba Prefecture |