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(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.

1962

LITWORK

Early Chinese Literature
Columbia University Press

Nonfiction.

1962

LITWORK

Cold Mountain: 100 Poems by the Tang Poet Han-shan
Grove Press

Translated by Burton Watson.

1964

LITWORK

Han Fei Tzu: Basic Writings
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

1990

LITWORK

Kanshi: The Poetry of Ishikawa Jozan and Other Edo-Period Poets
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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