Award Ceremony for the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature 2008

Award Ceremony for the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature 2008

Award Ceremony for the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature
C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Kent Hall, Columbia University
April 18, 2008 6:00 – 8:00 PM

The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture will be hosting an award ceremony and reception honoring the winners of the 2007-2008 Translation Prize. The winners are:

Anthony H. Chambers for his translation of Tales of Moonlight and Rain by Akinari Ueda

Kozue Uzawa and Amelia Fielden for their translation of Tanka poems in Ferris Wheel: 101 Modern and Contemporary Tanka

A reception will follow the ceremony.

This event is open to the public free of charge. Please RSVP by Friday, April 11, 2008 by email to donald-keene-center@columbia.edu or by fax to 212-854-4019.

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