- Robert Epp
Robert Epp is a
translator ofJapanese literature into English. Among others, he has translated thepoetry ofMaruyama Kaoru andTachihara Michizō .(1926-) Ph.D. Harvard University, Professor Emeritus, UCLA
Shared the first Japan-United States Friendship Commission's Friendship Fund Prize for Japanese Literary Translation of the poetry of Kinoshita Yûji (1979).
Translations and Poet Studies:
1972 “Chapbook: The Poetry of Maruyama Kaoru.” The Beloit Poetry Journal, 48 pages.
1972 Daisaku Ikeda, The People. Selected verse, 51 pages.
1973 ________, Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Essays, 228 pages.
1976 ________, Advice to Young People. Essays, 176 pages.
1976 ________, Hopes and Dreams. Selected verse, 70 pages.
1980 ________, My Recollections. Essays, 145 pages.
1982.05 Treelike: The Poetry of Kinoshita Yûji. With facing Japanese originals, xv–xxx + 272 pages.
1982.08 Kinoshita Yûji — A Study of the Poet, Twayne, vii + 145 pages.
1988.02 Ozaki Kazuo, Rosy Glasses. Ten short stories, 150 pages.
1990.09 Self–Righting Lamp. Selected Poetry of Maruyama Kaoru, 125 pages.
1991 Tsubota Jôji, Children in the Wind. Children’s novella, 89 pages.
1993.07 Egg in my Palm: Selected Poetry of Tsuboi Shigeji. 290 works 278 pages.
1993.11 Twisted Memories: Collected Poetry of Kinoshita Yûji. 360 works, 280 pages.
1994.04 That Far-Off Self: Collected Poetry of Maruyama Kaoru, 2nd edition. 460 works, 368 pages.
1994.10 Rainbows: Selected Poetry of Horiguchi Daigaku. 565 works, 360 pages.
1995.08 Cinderellas: Selected Poetry of Sekine Hiroshi. 198 works, 335 pages.
1996.07 Long Corridor: Selected Poetry of Mushakôji Saneatsu. 465 works, 398 pages.
1997.11 Threading the Maze, selected verse of seven modern Japanese poets, 630 works, 383 pages.
1999.04 Rat’s Nests: Collected Poetry of Hagiwara Sakutarô, 2nd edition; 470 works, 445 pages.
2002.01 Of Dawn, of Dusk, Selected Poetry of Tachihara Michizô, with Iida Gakuji; 190 works, 464 pages.
2005.02 His Psychic Spoor—150 Annotated Poems of Hagiwara Sakutarô, with Iida Gakuji; 384 pages.
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