Birth Name:

Burton Watson

Male

Birth Date:

Sat, Jun 13, 1925

Time of Birth:

Unknown (using Noon)

Place of Birth:

New Rochelle, New York, United States

Age:

98

Zodiac Sign:

Gemini

Astrology Data:

Sun

22°

Gem

5'

About Burton Watson

Burton Dewitt Watson (June 13, 1925 – April 1, 2017) was an American sinologist, translator, and writer known for his English translations of Chinese and Japanese literature. Watson's translations received many awards, including the Gold Medal Award of the Translation Center at Columbia University in 1979, the PEN Translation Prize in 1982 for his translation with Hiroaki Sato of From the Country of Eight Islands: An Anthology of Japanese Poetry, and again in 1995 for Selected Poems of Su Tung-p'o. In 2015, at age 88, Watson was awarded the PEN/Ralph Manheim Medal for Translation for his long and prolific translation career.

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Astrological aspects and planetary data / tags for Burton Watson: Sun 22 Gemini, Moon 23 Pisces, Mercury 14 Gemini, Venus 5 Cancer, Mars 21 Cancer, Jupiter 20 Capricorn, Saturn 8 Scorpio, Uranus 25 Pisces, Neptune 20 Leo, Pluto 12 Cancer, Sun Sextile Neptune, Sun Quincunx Jupiter, Sun Square Uranus, Sun Semi Sextile Mars, Sun Sesquiquadrate Saturn, Mercury Semi Sextile Pluto, Venus Trine Saturn, Venus Semi Square Neptune, Venus Conjunct Pluto, Mars Opposition Jupiter, Mars Trine Uranus, Mars Semi Sextile Neptune, Jupiter Quincunx Neptune, Saturn Sesquiquadrate Uranus, Saturn Trine Pluto

Categories related to Burton Watson: June 13 births, 2017 deaths, New York, Columbia College (New York) alumni, 21st-century American non-fiction writers, American expatriate academics, American translators, 20th-century American writers, Japanese–English translators, Chinese–English translators, American expatriates in Japan, Writers from New Rochelle, 1925 births, American sinologists, Writers from Chiba Prefecture, United States Navy personnel of World War II, Academics from New York (state)