EntityQ722246· pop 12· linked from 145 articlesBurton WatsonSign in to saveAmerican sinologist, translator, and writer (1925–2017)Listeners · Last.fmListeners1Total plays1 <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Burton+Watson">Read more on Last.fm</a>via Last.fm · Burton WatsonConnectionsUnited StatesCountrySima QianEntityCategories1925 births2017 deaths20th-century American writers21st-century American non-fiction writersAcademics from New York (state)American expatriate academicsAmerican expatriates in JapanAmerican sinologistsAmerican translatorsChinese–English translatorsColumbia College, Columbia University alumniJapanese–English translators