The 2018-2019 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature

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~Awards Ceremony~
The 2018-2019 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature

Takako Lento for her translation of Kaneko Mitsuharu’s poems in PIONEERS OF MODERN JAPANESE POETRY

Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prize

Michael Brase for his translation of SOETSU YANAGI: SELECTED ESSAYS ON JAPANESE FOLK CRAFTS
Geraldine Harcourt for her translation of Tsushima Yuko’s TERRITORY OF LIGHT
Sumie Jones for lifetime achievement as a translator and editor

Friday 29 March, 5:30pm, C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University