| LC control no. | n 82123662 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Seidensticker, Edward, 1921-2007 |
| Variant(s) | Seidensticker, Edward G., 1921- Saidenstekkā, E. G., 1921-2007 Seidensticker, E. G. (Edward George), 1921-2007 Seidensticker, Edward George, 1921-2007 |
| Associated country | Japan |
| Birth date | 1921-02-11 |
| Death date | 2007-08-26 |
| Place of birth | Castle Rock (Colo.) |
| Place of death | Tokyo (Japan) |
| Field of activity | Japanese language Japanese literature Japan--History Translating and interpreting |
| Affiliation | University of Colorado Harvard University Tōkyō Daigaku Jōchi Daigaku Stanford University University of Michigan Columbia University |
| Profession or occupation | Translators Authors College teachers Academic Professor |
| Found in | Fujiwara Michitsuna no haha. The Kagerō nikki ... 1955. His Gendai Nihon sakkaron, 1964: p. 214 (E.G. Seidensticker) 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) Asahi shinbun online, Aug. 27, 2007 (Seidensticker Edward; d. Aug. 26, 2007 at age of 86; prof. emer., Columbia University; specialist in Japanese literature) 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, 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) |
| Associated language | eng jpn |
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