The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture - Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature



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Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature
The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University annually awards $6,000 in Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature. A prize is given for the best translation of a modern work or a classical work, or the prize is divided between equally distinguished translations.

The 2011 Translation Prize applications are due by Thursday, October 28, 2010. Click here to download the 2011 Translation Prize Application


The Winners of the 2010 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature

Michael Emmerich
For Manazuru (original work: Manazuru by Hiromi Kawakami). Michael Emmerich is an assistant professor at University of California, Santa Barbara Department of East Asian Languages and Cultures.

Thomas William Hare
For Zeami: Performance Notes (original work: Nihon Shisotaikei 24 Zeami Zenchiku by Zeami Motokiyo). Thomas William Hare is William Sauter LaPorte ’28 Professor in Regional Studies, Professor of Comparative Literature at Princeton University.

The award ceremony will take place on February 25, 2011.


Previous Winners:

Complete list of previous winners 1979 - 2010



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