Jay Rubin
Jay Rubin (* 1941 in Washington, DC ) was Professor of Japanese Literature at Harvard University until 2008 and, alongside Alfred Birnbaum, has translated the works of Haruki Murakami into English; also works by Natsume Soseki .
In 2002 he published the Murakami biography Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words .
Works
- Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words - German 2004 in the translation by Ursula Gräfe and Angela Praesent under the title Murakami and the melody of life - The story of an author , ISBN 3-8321-7870-8
- Making Sense of Japanese: What the Textbooks Don't Tell You ISBN 4-7700-2802-4
- (as editor :) Modern Japanese writers New York 2001, ISBN 0-684-80598-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Jay Rubin in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jay Rubin on the Harvard University website
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| SURNAME | Ruby, Jay |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Japanologist, professor of Japanese literature and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1941 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |