- Michael Gallagher (translator)
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Michael Gallagher (born 1930) is an author and translator of Japanese literature. His translation of Yukio Mishima's Spring Snow was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1973,[1] while his nonfiction work Laws of Heaven was the winner of the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Book Award in Theology.[2] As a Jesuit scholastic, he spent three years teaching English at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he directed several plays, including The Teahouse of the August Moon.[citation needed] He left the Jesuit order[3] and served briefly as a paratrooper in Korea.
Translations
- Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu
- The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo
- Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
- Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima
- The Pornographers by Nozaka Akiyuki
Books
- Dust and Gingko Leaves (published in Japanese translation by Kodansha)
- Laws of Heaven (1992)
References
- ^ Gallagher, Michael (January 1987). "Sidestepping the challenge of peace". Commonweal (New York City) 114 (1). http://search.opinionarchives.com/Summary/Commonweal/V114I1P9-1.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-15. "MICHAEL GALLAGHER, a free-lance writer and translator from the Japanese, received a National Book Award nomination in 1973..."
- ^ "Winners of the Alpha Sigma Nu Book Award, 1979–2008" (PDF). Alpha Sigma Nu. 2009-03-13. http://www.alphasigmanu.org/book_awards/past-book-award-winners.pdf. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
- ^ Gallagher, Michael; D.J. Enright (1969-01-16). "Pornographers in Translation". The New York Review of Books (New York City) 12 (1). http://www.nybooks.com/articles/11432. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
Categories:- Japanese–English translators
- American Jesuits
- American theologians
- St. Xavier High School (Cincinnati) people
- 1930 births
- Living people
- American writer stubs
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