Английская Википедия:Geraldine Harcourt
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use New Zealand English Шаблон:Infobox person Geraldine Millais Harcourt (25 May 1952 – 21 June 2019) was a New Zealand translator of modern Japanese literature.
Early life and education
Harcourt was born in Auckland on 25 May 1952.[1][2] She graduated from the University of Auckland, and first went to Japan in 1973.[2]
Career
Harcourt developed a close working relationship with Japanese fiction writer Yūko Tsushima,[3] and translated many of her works into English. These include:
- Yūko Tsushima, Child of Fortune (1978)
- Yūko Tsushima. Territory of Light (1979)
- Yūko Tsushima, Woman Running in the Mountains (1980)
- Yūko Tsushima, The Shooting Gallery & Other Stories (1973–1984)
- Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls (2018)
Works by other Japanese authors translated into English by Harcourt include:
- Shizuko Gō, Requiem (1985)
- Hirotada Ototake, No One's Perfect (1998)
- Yūko Tanaka, The Power of the Weave: The Hidden Meanings of Cloth (2013)
- Takeshi Nakagawa, The Japanese House in Space, Memory, and Language (2006)
Awards
In 1990, Harcourt was awarded the Wheatland Translation Prize.[4] She won the 2018–2019 Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prize for her translation of Territory of Light, published by Penguin in 2017.[4][5]
Death
Harcourt died in Wellington on 21 June 2019.[1][4]
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