Burton Watson

Burton Watson
Burton Watson
Born	June 13, 1925; New Rochelle, New York, United States
Died	April 1, 2017 (aged 91); Kamagaya, Japan
Occupation	Sinologist; translator; writer;
Education	Columbia University (BA, MA, PhD)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese	華茲生
Simplified Chinese	华兹生
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Huá Zīshēng

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.

[Stirling_92-1] Stirling 2006, pg. 92

[ahadada-2] "Ahadada Books-Burton Watson". Retrieved 2008-06-03.

[3] "Burton Watson Named Winner of 2015 PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation". PEN/America. April 24, 2015. Retrieved April 30, 2015.

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