Fw: H-ASIA: William F. Sibley Translation Prize Winners

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Subject: H-ASIA: William F. Sibley Translation Prize Winners

> H-ASIA
> June 9, 2011
>
> William F. Sibley Translation Prize Winners
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> From: Sarah Jane Arehart <sjfitche@uchicago.edu>
>
> The University of Chicago Committee on Japanese Studies at the Center for
> East Asian Studies is pleased to announce the results of the 2010 William
> F. Sibley Memorial Translation Prize in Japanese Literature. The four
> winners were selected from amongst many strong submissions not only for
> the quality of the translations, but for the literary and historical
> importance of each work, which the selection committee feel will make
> valuable additions to the body of Japanese literature available in
> English.
>
> These translations are being made freely available for classroom and
> scholarly use. We invite you to browse through the texts and read the
> translators' introductions at our website,
> http://ceas.uchicago.edu/japanese/Sibley_Translation_Project.shtml
>
> Hara-kiri of a Woman at Nagamachi (Nagamachi onna-harakiri)
> Written by CHIKAMATSU Monzaemon c.1712
> Translated by Paul S. Atkins
>
> Tenma
> Written by KIM Saryang in 1940
> Translated by Christina Yi
>
> The Colonial Literature of Nakajima Atsushi
> South Sea Tales: Happiness
> Atolls: Napoleon
> Landscape with Patrolman: A Sketch of 1923
> Three short stories written by NAKAJIMA Atsushi in 1942
> Translated by Robert Tierney
>
> White and Purple (Shiro to Murasaki)
> Written by SATA Ineko in 1950
> Translated by Samuel Perry
>
>
> The Selection Committee
> William F. Sibley Translation Prize
> Center for East Asian Studies
> University of Chicago
>
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> Chicago, IL. 60637
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