# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-waley
# Generated: 2026-08-12T22:04:15.615Z

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url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-waley"
name: "Arthur Waley"
slug: "arthur-waley"
description: "Arthur David Waley was an English orientalist and sinologist who achieved both popular and scholarly acclaim for his translations of Chinese and Japanese poetry. Among his honours were appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1952, receiving the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1953, and being invested as a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1956."
tagline: "British orientalist and sinologist (1889–1966)"
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profileType:
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birthDate: "1889-08-19"
deathDate: "1966-06-27"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump