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- Bester, John
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
Birth Date
- 1927-08
Death Date
- 2010
Birth Place
- England
Associated Language
- English
Associated Language
- Japanese
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Japanese language--Translating
Occupation
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Earlier Established Forms
- Bester, John
Sources
- found: Inoue, Y. Flood, 1964:t.p. (John Bester) p. 196 (b. Aug. 1927)
- found: Miyazawa, Kenji. Winds and wildcat places, 1967:title page (John Bester)
- found: Miyazawa, Kenji, 1896-1933. Once and forever, 2018:CIP t.p. (translated by John Bester) data view (John Bester (1927-2010) was a renowned translator of Japanese fiction, including Masuji Ibuse's Black Rain, Kenzaburo Oe's The Silent Cry, and Yukio Mishima's Acts of Worship: Seven Stories, for which he received the Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature)
- found: Wikipedia, 2018-05-02:(John Bester (1927-2010, born and educated in England, was one of the foremost translators of modern Japanese fiction. He was a graduate of the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies)
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Change Notes
- 1985-11-21: new
- 2019-03-04: revised
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