Edward Seidensticker
✓ Source-basedrisingAmerican Japanologist (1921-2007)
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Edward George Seidensticker was a noted post-World War II American scholar, historian, and preeminent translator of classical and contemporary Japanese literature.
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Edward George Seidensticker was a noted post-World War II American scholar, historian, and preeminent translator of classical and contemporary Japanese literature. His English translation of the epic The Tale of Genji, published in 1976, was especially well received critically and is counted among the preferred modern translations.
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Lived 1921 to 2007 · aged 86
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