Jiro Kawamura
Jirō Kawamura ( Japanese 川村 二郎 , Kawamura Jirō ; born January 28, 1928 , † February 7, 2008 ) was a Japanese translator, literary scholar and critic.
Kawamura studied German literature at the University of Tokyo and initially emerged as an essayist and translator of modern German works. Until his retirement he taught at the Tokyo Prefectural University . For his writings he was u. a. awarded the Yomiuri Literature Prize (1983 for Uchida Hyakken ron ) and the Itō-Sei Literature Prize (1992 for Aregori no orimono ).
literature
- Rebecca L. Copeland: Woman Critiqued: Translated Essays on Japanese Women's Writing , University of Hawaii Press, 2006, ISBN 9780824829582 , p. 240
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kawamura, Jirō |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 川村 二郎 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese translator, literary scholar and critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 28, 1928 |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 7, 2008 |