Graeme Wilson (translator)
| Graeme Wilson | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Translator of Japanese books |
| Awards | M.B.E. |
Graeme J. Wilson MBE (born 1919[1]) is a British academic and translator.[2] He served in the Fleet Air Arm (1939–46) and, following World War II, joined the Home Civil Service. He has lectured for the British Council, written reviews for English journals, and radio scripts for the Australian Broadcasting Company.[3] In 1964 he was seconded to the Foreign Service as Counsellor and Civil Air Attache at twelve Far Eastern posts. Between 1968 and 1969 he was a Ford Foundation Fellow of the National Translation Center, Austin, Texas.[4] His works include translations of I Am a Cat and Ten Nights of Dreams by Natsume Sōseki, both of which he worked alongside Aiko Itō to produce,[5] and thousands of poems, mainly in translation from Chinese or Japanese.[6] He has been an adult scout master for over fifty years,[7] and is a past president and honorary member of the Aberdeen Association of Royal Warrant Holders.[8]
Translations
- Girl in the Rain
- I Am a Cat, Natsume Sōseki
- Ten Nights of Dream, Hearing Things, and The Heredity of Taste Natsume Sōseki
- From the Morning of the World: Poems from the Man'yōshū
- Three Contemporary Japanese Poets, Hitoshi Anzai, Kazuko Shiraishi, Shuntarō Tanikawa (with Atsumi Ikuko)
- Face at the Bottom of the World and Other Poems, translations of the modern Japanese poetry of Hagiwara Sakutaro
References
- ↑ "Face at the bottom of the world and other poems". Worldcat.org. Retrieved 2011-12-17.
- ↑ http://www.rendcombian.org.uk/pdfnews/1981.pdf
- ↑ This is a direct quote from the Minutes of the Old Rendcombian Society, 1981 (link to a .pdf file), Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ↑ "From the Morning of the World", Harper Collins, 1991.
- ↑ I Am A Cat, English translation, 1972, Turtle Publishing
- ↑ http://www.rendcombian.org.uk/pdfnews/1981.pdf
- ↑ Source: Deeside District Scout Association dated 2009, Retrieved 2013-12-05.
- ↑ Source: Website of the Aberdeen Association of Royal Warrant Holders, Retrieved 2013-12-05.