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Edward Seidensticker
Edward George Seidensticker (February 11, 1921, Castle Rock, Colorado – August 26, 2007, Tokyo) was a noted scholar and translator of Japanese literature. He was particularly known for his English version of ''The Tale of Genji'' (1976), which is counted among the preferred modern translations.〔( "The tale of Murasaki Shikibu," ) ''The Economist'' (London). December 23, 1999.〕 He is also well known for his landmark translations of Yasunari Kawabata, which led to Kawabata winning the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1968.〔Associated Press. ( "Leading translator of Japanese literature, Edward Seidensticker, dies in Tokyo," ) ''International Herald Tribune'' (Asia Pacific). August 27, 2007.〕
==Biography==
Seidensticker was born in 1921 in Castle Rock, Colorado. He studied English at the University of Colorado, obtaining the bachelor's degree in 1942. During his studies, he also attended Navy’s Japanese Language School. Subsequently, he served as a language officer with the US Marines during World War II and work in Japan after the war as translator. He returned to the United States and receined a master's degree in in international affairs from Columbia University. Then Seidensticker returned to Japan, where he studied Japanese literature at University of Tokyo. He stayed in Japan until 1962. Then he went back to the US and taught in Stanford University and University of Michigan. In 1978, he joined the faculty of Columbia University, from where he retired in 1985. Since then, he divided his time between Hawaii and Japan. He died in a hospital in Tokyo from consequences of a head injury.〔
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