Seidensticker, Edward, 1921-2007
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Name (Hebrew)
זיידנשטיקר, אדווארד, 1921-2007
Name (Latin)
Seidensticker, Edward, 1921-2007
Other forms of name
Saidenstekkā, E. G., 1921-2007
Seidensticker, E. G. (Edward George), 1921-2007
Seidensticker, Edward George, 1921-2007
nnaa Seidensticker, Edward G., 1921-
Seidensticker, Edward G., 1921-2007
Seidensticker, Edward, 1921-
Date of birth
1921-02-11
Date of death
2007-08-26
Associated country
Japan
Field of activity
Japan--History
Japanese language
Japanese language--Translating into English
Japanese literature
Translating and interpreting
Occupation
College teachers
Authors
Translators
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Asahi shinbun online, Aug. 27, 2007(Seidensticker Edward; d. Aug. 26, 2007 at age of 86; prof. emer., Columbia University; specialist in Japanese literature)
- Fujiwara Michitsuna no haha. The Kagerō nikki ... 1955.
- His Gendai Nihon sakkaron, 1964:p. 214 (E.G. Seidensticker)
- Kawabata, Yasunari. Thousand cranes, 1959:title-page (translated by Edward G. Seidensticker)
- New York times, via WWW, June 25, 2014:(August 31, 2007: Edward G. Seidensticker; Edward George Seidensticker; born Castle Rock, Colo.; made his home in Tokyo; Bachelor's in English from University of Colorado 1942; served in World War II as a language officer in the Marines in the Pacific; Master's in international affairs, Columbia 1947; lived in Japan 1948-1962, studied literature at Tokyo University; landmark translations of The tale of Genji and major 20th century authors: Yukio Mishima, Junichiro Tanizaki, Yasunari Kawabata)
- Wikipedia WWW site, Aug. 27, 2007(under Edward Seidensticker: Edward George Seidensticker; b. Feb. 11, 1921; d. Aug. 26, 2007, Tokyo; noted scholar and translator of Japanese literature)
- Wikipedia, June 26, 2014(studied Japanese literature at Harvard University; taught at Sophia University in Tokyo, Stanford University (1962-1966), the University of Michigan (1966-1977), and Columbia (1977-1985) until his retirement in 1985; also wrote on history of Japan and Tokyo)
- LCN
- סיפורים יפאניים בני זמננו, 1963:מול דף השער (אדווארד זיידנשטיקר)