Burton Watson
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American sinologist, translator, and writer (1925–2017)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1925
- Works
- 54
Top works
- 我的中国梦
- Basic writings
- Il Sutra del Loto
- Sources of Chinese Tradition (Records of Civilization, Sources and Studies and Introduction to Oriental Classics Series)
- Shiba Sen
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- Listeners
- 1
- Total plays
- 1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Watson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New Rochelle
- Place of death
- Kamagaya
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- Kyoto University
- Languages spoken
- Chinese
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- date of birth
- 1925-06-13
- date of death
- 2017-04-01
- writing language
- English language
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