- Juliet Winters Carpenter
Juliet Winters Carpenter (1948- ) is a translator of modern Japanese literature into English. Born in the American
Midwest , she studiedJapanese literature at theUniversity of Michigan . After a stint at the Inter-University Centre for Japanese Language Studies inTokyo , she completed her graduate studies at the University of Michigan in 1973 before returning to Japan, where she became involved in the translation of modern Japanese literature.Carpenter is a devotee of traditional Japanese music and is a licensed instructor of the koto and
shamisen . She teaches atDoshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts inKyoto .Her translations include:
*"Secret Rendezvous" by Abe Kōbō
*"Masks" byEnchi Fumiko
*"The Ark Sakura" by Abe Kōbō
*"Salad Anniversary", tanka byTawara Machi
*"The Last Shogun: The Life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu" by Shiba Ryōtarō
*"Beyond the Curve" by Abe Kōbō
*"Uncommon Clay" by Sidney B. Cardozo and Masaaki Hirano
*"The Quickening Field" byHachikai Mimi
*"After" byWagō Ryōichi
*"A Lost Paradise" byWatanabe Jun'ichi
*"Memories of Wind and Waves: A Self-Portrait of Lakeside Japan" bySaga Jun'ichi
*"Biruma" byHiwa Satoko
*"The Sail of My Soul", Haiku byYamaguchi Seishi
*"Shadow Family" byMiyabe Miyuki
*"The Hunter" by Asa Nonami
*"You Were Born for a Reason" by Kentetsu Takamori, Daiji Akehashi and Kentaro Ito.
*"Waiting on the Weather: Making Movies with Akira Kurosawa" by Teruyo NogamiShe also is the author of the book "Seeing Kyoto".
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