Howard Goldblatt
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Howard Goldblatt is Research Professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame
. He is a translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese/Taiwanese fiction, including The Taste of Apples
by Huang Chunming
and The Execution of Mayor Yin
by Chen Ruoxi
.
Goldblatt received a B.A.
from Long Beach State College
in 1961, an M.A.
from San Francisco State University
in 1971, and a Ph.D.
from Indiana University
in 1974.
University of Notre Dame
The University of Notre Dame du Lac is a Catholic research university located in Notre Dame, an unincorporated community north of the city of South Bend, in St. Joseph County, Indiana, United States...
. He is a translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese/Taiwanese fiction, including The Taste of Apples
Taste of Apples
Taste of Apples is the name of an English language translation of collected short stories of the Taiwanese writer Huang Chunming. The translation is by Howard Goldblatt and was published in 2001 by Columbia University Press....
by Huang Chunming
Huang Chunming
Huang Chunming is a Taiwanese literary figure and teacher. Huang writes mainly about the tragic and sometimes humorous lives of ordinary Taiwanese people, and many of his short stories have been turned into films, including The Sandwich Man .-Career:Born in Ilan, Taiwan, Huang began his higher...
and The Execution of Mayor Yin
Execution of Mayor Yin
The Execution of Mayor Yin is a 1978 collection of short stories by the Taiwanese writer Chen Ruoxi, based on experiences in Mainland China during the 1960s and 1970s....
by Chen Ruoxi
Chen Ruoxi
Chen Ruoxi , born 1938, is a Taiwanese author. A graduate of National Taiwan University, she among others helped found the literary journal Xiandai wenxue .- Mayor Yin :...
.
Goldblatt received a B.A.
Bachelor of Arts
A Bachelor of Arts , from the Latin artium baccalaureus, is a bachelor's degree awarded for an undergraduate course or program in either the liberal arts, the sciences, or both...
from Long Beach State College
California State University, Long Beach
California State University, Long Beach is the second largest campus of the California State University system and the third largest university in the state of California by enrollment...
in 1961, an M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
A Master of Arts from the Latin Magister Artium, is a type of Master's degree awarded by universities in many countries. The M.A. is usually contrasted with the M.S. or M.Sc. degrees...
from San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University
San Francisco State University is a public university located in San Francisco, California. As part of the 23-campus California State University system, the university offers over 100 areas of study from nine academic colleges...
in 1971, and a Ph.D.
Doctor of Philosophy
Doctor of Philosophy, abbreviated as Ph.D., PhD, D.Phil., or DPhil , in English-speaking countries, is a postgraduate academic degree awarded by universities...
from Indiana University
Indiana University
Indiana University is a multi-campus public university system in the state of Indiana, United States. Indiana University has a combined student body of more than 100,000 students, including approximately 42,000 students enrolled at the Indiana University Bloomington campus and approximately 37,000...
in 1974.
Awards
- 2000 National Translation AwardNational Translation AwardThe National Translation Award is an annual prize given by the American Literary Translators Association to an exceptional translation of a book-length work published in the preceding calendar year. As of 2010 the prize is worth $5,000...
for translation of Notes of a Desolate Man by Chu Tien-wenChu Tien-wenChu Tien-wen is one of Taiwan's most prominent writers. She is the daughter of Chu Hsi-ning and the older sister of Chu Tien-hsin. Some of her literary works include "Fin-de-Siècle Splendour" and Notes of a Desolate Man 荒人手記 . She wrote many of the scripts for the famous Taiwanese director Hou... - 2009 Guggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim FellowshipGuggenheim Fellowships are American grants that have been awarded annually since 1925 by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who have demonstrated exceptional capacity for productive scholarship or exceptional creative ability in the arts." Each year, the foundation makes...
- In the first 4 years of the Man Asian Literary PrizeMan Asian Literary PrizeThe Man Asian Literary Prize, founded in 2007, is an annual literary award given to the best novel by an Asian writer, either written in English or translated into English, and published in the previous calendar year...
, 3 of the winners were of works translated by Goldblatt.