Burton Watson
1925 - 2017
General Information
Bio
(1925-2017) Translator. Burton Watson was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Kamagaya, Japan.
Full Name
Burton Watson
Locations
Westchester
Author's Timeline
1925
BIRTH
Burton DeWitt Watson was born in New Rochelle, New York, on June 13, 1925.
1949
OTHER
Mr. Watson received a bachelor's degree at Columbia University in 1949.
1951
OTHER
Mr. Watson received a master's degree at Columbia University in 1951.
1956
OTHER
Mr. Watson received his doctorate in Chinese from Columbia University in 1956.
1958
LITWORK
Ssu-ma Ch'ien: Grand Historian of China
Columbia University Press
0231021976 / 978-0231021975
Nonfiction.
Columbia University Press
0231021976 / 978-0231021975
Nonfiction.
1962
LITWORK
Early Chinese Literature
Columbia University Press
Nonfiction.
Columbia University Press
Nonfiction.
1962
LITWORK
Cold Mountain: 100 Poems by the Tang Poet Han-shan
Grove Press
Translated by Burton Watson.
Grove Press
Translated by Burton Watson.
1964
LITWORK
Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings
Columbia University Press (1967)
0231025157 / 978-0231025157
Translated by Burton Watson.
Columbia University Press (1967)
0231025157 / 978-0231025157
Translated by Burton Watson.
1971
LITWORK
Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry From the Second to the Twelfth Centure
1971
LITWORK
Chinese Lyricism: Shih Poetry From the Second to the Twelfth Century
Columbia University Press
Nonfiction.
Columbia University Press
Nonfiction.
1975
LITWORK
Japanese Literature in Chinese, Vol. 1: Poetry & Prose in Chinese by Japanese Writers of the Early Period
Columbia University Press.
0231039867 / 978-0231039864
Translated by Burton Watson.
Columbia University Press.
0231039867 / 978-0231039864
Translated by Burton Watson.
1976
LITWORK
Japanese Literature in Chinese, Vol. 2: Poetry & Prose in Chinese by Japanese Writers of the Later Period
Columbia University Press
0231041462 / 978-0231041461
Translated by Burton Watson.
Columbia University Press
0231041462 / 978-0231041461
Translated by Burton Watson.
1981
LITWORK
From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry
University of Washington Press
0295957980 / 978-0295957982
Nonfiction edited and translated by Hiroaki Sato and Burton Watson.
University of Washington Press
0295957980 / 978-0295957982
Nonfiction edited and translated by Hiroaki Sato and Burton Watson.
1984
LITWORK
The Columbia Book of Chinese Poetry: From Early Times to the 13th Century
Columbia University Press
0231056826 / 978-0231056823
Translated and edited by Burton Watson.
Columbia University Press
0231056826 / 978-0231056823
Translated and edited by Burton Watson.
1990
LITWORK
Kanshi: The Poetry of Ishikawa Jozan and Other Edo-Period Poets
North Point Pr
0865474311 / 978-0865474314
Translated by Burton Watson.
North Point Pr
0865474311 / 978-0865474314
Translated by Burton Watson.
2017
DEATH
Burton Watson died in Kamagaya, Japan, on April 1, 2017.
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