{"id":4950,"date":"2009-04-08T09:42:08","date_gmt":"2009-04-08T09:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=4950"},"modified":"2009-04-07T20:51:26","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T20:51:26","slug":"donald-keene-center-presents-royall-tyler-the-honor-of-translating-the-tale-of-genji","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2009\/04\/08\/donald-keene-center-presents-royall-tyler-the-honor-of-translating-the-tale-of-genji\/","title":{"rendered":"Donald Keene Center presents: Royall Tyler – The Honor of Translating the Tale of Genji"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Via Kia Cheleen<\/a> (<\/strong><\/em>CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999<\/strong>)<\/strong>, Associate Director at the Donald Keene Center on Japanese Culture at Columbia University.\u00a0 To get on their e-mail list for future events, send an e-mail to donald-keene-center at columbia dot edu<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

2009 Annual Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The Honor of Translating the Tale of Genji”<\/p>\n

Royall Tyler<\/p>\n

6:00 PM, Wednesday, April 22nd<\/strong><\/p>\n

The 2008-2009 academic year marks the one-thousandth anniversary of that remarkable classic of Japanese literature, Murasaki Shikibu’s The Tale of Genji. In order to commemorate the occasion, the Keene Center has invited the renowned Genji scholar and most recent translator of that work into English, Dr. Royall Tyler, to deliver this year’s Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture.<\/p>\n

Miller Theater, Columbia University (116th Street and Broadway)
\nPlease go to http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/about_columbia\/map\/miller_theater.html for a campus map<\/a><\/p>\n

Reservations are required by April 15th. To RSVP for a reservation-only event,
\nplease email dcc2119 at columbia dot edu<\/a> or send a fax to 212-854-4019.<\/p>\n

Award Ceremony for the 2008-2009 Japan – U.S. Friendship Commission Prize & Donald Keene Center Special Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature<\/strong><\/p>\n

Japan – U.S. Friendship Commission Prize Winner: Dennis Washburn<\/p>\n

Donald Keene Center Special Prize Winner: Peter McMillan<\/p>\n

6:00 PM, Friday, April 24th <\/strong><\/p>\n

Please join us for a special ceremony to honor the recipients of two translation prizes administered by the Donald Keene Center.<\/p>\n

The recipient of the 2008-2009 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature is Dr. Dennis Washburn of Dartmouth College, who will be honored for his skilled translation of The Temple of the Wild Geese and Bamboo Dolls of Echizen, by Tsutomu Mizukami.<\/p>\n

The recipient of the Donald Keene Center Special Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature is Dr. Peter McMillan of Kyorin University. Dr. McMillan is being honored for his superb translation of the classical poetry anthology One Hundred Poets, One Poem Each.<\/p>\n

C.V. Starr East Asian Library, Columbia University (116th Street & Amsterdam Avenue)<\/p>\n

Please go to http:\/\/www.columbia.edu\/about_columbia\/map\/kent.html<\/a> for a campus map<\/p>\n

Reservations are required by April 17th. To RSVP for a reservation-only event,<\/p>\n

please email dcc2119@columbia.edu or send a fax to 212-854-4019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Via Kia Cheleen (CIR, Aichi-ken 1996-98, ALT 1998-1999), Associate Director at the Donald Keene Center on Japanese Culture at Columbia University.\u00a0 To get on their e-mail list for future events, send an e-mail to donald-keene-center at columbia dot edu. 2009 Annual Soshitsu Sen XV Distinguished Lecture on Japanese Culture “The Honor of Translating the Tale […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[53,18,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events","category-translatinginterpreting","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t