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Note: From 1979 to 1988, only a single translation prize was given annually. Beginning in 1989, the prize was given in two categories: translations from
Japanese classical literature and translation from Japanese modern literature (although such distinctions vary as does the number of winners in a
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The Keene Center annually awards $ 6,000 (USD) 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.
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Works entered into competition are judged on the literary merit of the translation and the accuracy with which it reflects the spirit of the
Japanese original.
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Note: Where it applies, first the publisher of the first work mentioned then the publisher of the second work mentioned, separated by a comma.
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1503:"Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture -- Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prizes for the Translation of Japanese Literature"
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1528:"Archive of past prize winners for the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature"
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Portraits of Edo and Early Modern Japan: The Shogun's
Capital in Zuihitsu Writings, 1657-1855
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Murmured
Conversations. A Treatise on Poetry and Buddhism by the Poet-Monk Shinkei
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Japan–U.S. Friendship
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Diary of a
Journey to the West: Narushima Ryūhoku Reports from Home and Abroad
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Kodansha
International, University of Michigan Center for Japanese Studies
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Beneath the
Sleepless Tossing of the Planets, Selected Poems 1972-1989
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Waiting for the Wind: 36 Poets of Japan's Late Medieval Period
158:, a collection of short fiction including the titular novella
242:
A Late Chrysanthemum: Twenty-four Stories from the Japanese
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University of California Press, Stanford University Press
427:
Rethinking Sorrow: Revelatory Tales of Late Medieval Japan
1397:
Eight Dogs, or Hakkenden: Part One—An Ill-Considered Jest
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University of Hawaiʻi Press, Columbia University Press
367:
University of Hawaiʻi Press, Columbia University Press
607:
Japanese and Chinese Poems to Sing: The Wakan Roei-shu
917:
Modern: Prof. Kozue Uzawa and Ms. Amelia Fielden for
889:
A Man with No Talents: Memoirs of a Tokyo Day Laborer
1408:
New Directions Publishing, Cornell University Press
20:was established in 1979 and is administered by the
464:Kodansha International, Stanford University Press
403:Kodansha International, Stanford University Press
180:Kokinshū: A Collection of Poems Ancient and Modern
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692:Stone Bridge Press, University of Hawai’i Press
419:(猫と庄造と二人の女, Neko to Shōzō to futari no onna) by
1002:Classical: Prof. Esperanza Ramirez-Christensen
919:Ferris Wheel: 101 Modern and Contemporary Tanka
540:The Selected Poems of Kitasono Katsue (1902-78)
458:A Waka Anthology: The Gem-Glistening Cup. Vol I
104:The first prize ever given was a shared prize.
1272:The Silver Spoon: Memoir of a Boyhood in Japan
994:Forest of Eyes: Selected Poems of Tada Chimako
726:Stone Bridge Press, Cornell University Press
244:(a short story collection including works by
937:Cheng & Tsui, Columbia University Press
1222:Stephen D. Miller and Patrick Donnelly for
658:Alfred A. Knopf, Columbia University Press
1483:Japan–United States Friendship Act of 1975
636:(ねじまき鳥クロニクル, Nejimakidori Kuronikuruu) by
1459:Columbia University Press, Pushkin Press
923:Classical: Prof. Anthony H. Chambers for
389:Classical: Prof. Paul Gordon Schalow for
1594:Awards and prizes of Columbia University
1208:The Columbia Anthology of Japanese Essay
793:Kaya Press, University of Hawai’i Press
560:Morgan Press, Columbia University Press
538:Modern: Prof. John Solt Glass Beret for
47:The following is a list of the winners:
1545:
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905:Cornell University Press, Kodansha USA
22:Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture
1576:
718:Classical: Prof. Mae J. Smethurst for
860:Classical: Prof. Damian Flanagan for
680:Classical: Prof. Roger K. Thomas for
425:Classical: Prof. Margaret Childs for
1604:1979 establishments in New York City
500:Classical: Prof. H. Mack Horton for
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1026:Modern: Prof. Michael Emmerich for
359:Classical: Prof. Steven Carter for
13:
1299:Pioneers of Modern Japanese Poetry
670:Modern: Ms. Meredith McKinney for
324:The Phoenix Tree and Other Stories
42:
32:translation in the United States.
14:
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781:Classical: Charles S. Inouye for
586:Modern: Prof. Elaine Gerbert for
490:Modern: Mr. Wayne P. Lammers for
379:Modern: Prof. Stephen Snyder for
349:Modern: Ms. Phyllis Birnbaum for
202:The Selected Works of Dazai Osamu
1507:Duke University Research Funding
808:Tokyo Stories: A Literary Stroll
415:Modern: Prof. Paul McCarthy for
321:Prof. Carol Apollonio Flath for
965:(越前竹人形, Echizen takeningyō) by
894:Classical: Prof. Joel Cohn for
177:Prof. Laurel Rasplica Rodd for
837:University of California Press
445:Modern: Ms. Eve Zimmerman for
1:
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1137:Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson
1072:New Chronicles of Yanagibashi
929:(雨月物語, Ugetsu Monogatari) by
850:Modern: Prof. Yosei Sugawara
392:The Great Mirror of Male Love
28:. It is the oldest prize for
1442:The Kokinshū: Selected Poems
1170:(本格小説, Honkaku Shōsetsu) by
956:The Temple of the Wild Geese
887:Modern: Prof. Edward Fowler
748:(源氏物語, Genji monogatari) by
512:, Stanford University Press
492:Still Life and Other Stories
395:(男色大鏡, Nanshoku Ōkagami) by
154:(海辺の光景, Kaihen no kōkei) by
7:
1476:
1234:, Cornell University Press
1230:Columbia University Press,
926:Tales of Moonlight and Rain
417:A Cat, A Man, and Two Women
383:(安土 往還記, Azuchi ōkanki) by
308:University of Hawaiʻi Press
188:Princeton University Press
10:
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1599:Awards established in 1979
1224:The Wind from Vulture Peak
1103:Cornell University Press,
1057:Cambridge University Press
805:Prof. Lawrence Rogers for
770:Modern: Shogo Oketani and
633:The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
99:Princeton University Press
1420:Trinity, Trinity, Trinity
1347:New Directions Publishing
1309:Cornell University Press
1090:(金魚撩乱, Kingyo ryōran) by
897:Botchan: A Modern Classic
684:(Namamiko Monogatari) by
213:Stanford University Press
164:Columbia University Press
1589:Japanese literary awards
1162:Juliet Winters Carpenter
1042:Zeami: Performance Notes
875:, Peter Owen Publishers
682:A Tale of False Fortunes
672:Ravine and Other Stories
200:Prof. Phyllis Lyons for
116:Juliet Winters Carpenter
962:Bamboo Dolls of Echizen
959:(雁の寺, Gan no tera) and
776:America and Other Poems
710:Life in the Cul-De-Sac
336:Kodansha International
1447:Kendall Heitzman for
1285:, Stone Bridge Press
1250:No prize was awarded
1214:Self-Reference ENGINE
1206:Steven D. Carter for
1178:The Goddess Chronicle
1176:Rebecca Copeland for
1135:and Takako Lento for
1122:No prize was awarded
1084:J. Keith Vincent for
1070:Matthew Fraleigh for
783:Japanese Gothic Tales
648:Breeze Through Bamboo
576:No prize was awarded
554:Modern Japanese Tanka
528:No prize was awarded
480:No prize was awarded
353:(色ざんげ, Iro zange) by
279:No prize was awarded
230:No prize was awarded
101:, Yuji Katydid Books
1418:Brian Bergstrom for
1321:Janine Beichman for
1212:Terry Gallagher for
975:Dalkey Archive Press
706:James Philip Gabriel
502:The Journal of Socho
299:(夜明け前, Yoakemae) by
240:Mr. Lane Dunlop for
1557:Donald Keene Center
1532:Donald Keene Center
1439:Torquil Duthie for
1360:Gerald Groemer for
1180:(女神記, Joshinki) by
1148:Copper Canyon Press
862:The Tower of London
852:The Gift of Numbers
821:Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
449:by Ishikawa Yoshimi
421:Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
351:Confessions of Love
88:Poetry by Kinoshita
26:Columbia University
1584:Translation awards
1422:by Erika Kobayashi
1394:Glynne Walley for
1369:Palgrave Macmillan
1087:A Riot of Goldfish
951:Dennis C. Washburn
510:Stone Bridge Press
504:by Saiokuken Socho
494:(静物, Seibutsu) by
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1345:Kurodahan Press,
1297:Takako Lento for
1264:by Hideo Furukawa
1080:Narushima Ryūhoku
1036:Classical: Prof.
990:Jeffrey M. Angles
900:by Natsume Sōseki
825:Yasunari Kawabata
745:The Tale of Genji
596:Classical: Prof.
588:Love of Mountains
548:Classical: Prof.
452:Classical: Prof.
262:North Point Press
250:Yasunari Kawabata
152:A View by the Sea
121:Secret Rendezvous
30:Japanese literary
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1303:Mitsuharu Kaneko
967:Tsutomu Mizukami
785:(Volume Two) by
778:by Ayukawa Nobuo
750:Murasaki Shikibu
712:(群棲, Gunsei) by
676:Yoshikichi Furui
327:(青桐, Aogiri) by
124:(密会, Mikkai) by
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1260:David Boyd for
1193:Canongate Books
1032:Hiromi Kawakami
642:Classical: Mr.
638:Haruki Murakami
602:Jonathan Chaves
598:J. Thomas Rimer
447:Strawberry Road
301:Tōson Shimazaki
296:Before the Dawn
291:William E. Naff
256:, among others)
252:, Osamu Dazai,
183:(古今集, Kokinshū)
156:Shōtarō Yasuoka
133:Alfred A. Knopf
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