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Burton Watson

Burton Dewitt Watson (June 13, 1925April 1, 2017) was an American sinologist, translator, and writer known for his English translations of Chinese and Japanese literature. 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 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. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Early Chinese literature. by Watson, Burton, 1925-2017

    Published 1962
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    Ssu-ma Chʻien : grand historian of China. by Watson, Burton, 1925-2017

    Published 1958
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    The rainbow world : Japan in essays and translations / by Watson, Burton, 1925-2017

    Published 1990
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    Gu dai Zhongguo wen xue /
    古代中國文學 /
    by Watson, Burton, 1925-2017

    Published 1969
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    The Vimalakirti Sutra /

    Published 1997
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    Basic writings / by Zhuangzi

    Published 1996
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    Han Fei Zi : basic writings / by Han, Fei, -233 B.C

    Published 1964
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    Cold mountain : 100 poems / by Hanshan, active 627-649

    Published 1970
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    The wild goose / by Mori, Ōgai, 1862-1922

    Published 1995
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    Bo Juyi : selected poems / by Bai, Juyi, 772-846

    Published 2000
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    Records of the grand historian of China / by Sima, Qian, approximately 145 B.C.-approximately 86 B.C

    Published 1961
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    Poetry & prose in Chinese by Japanese writers of the early period /

    Published 1975
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    Zhuangzi : basic writings / by Zhuangzi

    Published 2003
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    Japanese literature in Chinese /

    Published 1975
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    Han Feizi : basic writings / by Han, Fei, -233 B.C

    Published 2003
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    Grass hill : poems and prose by the Japanese monk Gensei / by Gensei, 1623-1668

    Published 1983
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    Japanese literature in Chinese /

    Published 1975
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