Burton Watson

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Burton Watson

Communications

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#918

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Burton Watson

Political Science

#984

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#1215

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#518

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Asian Studies

#35

World Rank

#45

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#19

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political-science Degrees

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• Communications
• Political Science

Why Is Burton Watson Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Burton Dewitt Watson 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.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Burton Watson?

Burton Watson is affiliated with the following schools:

• Stanford University
• Columbia University
• Kyoto University