Kyoko Iriye Selden (入江, 恭子; 1936–2013) was a Japanese scholar of Japanese language and literature and a translator.

Biography

Kyoko Iriye was born in

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. Her father was a journalist reporting from

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and

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, and her mother was an English teacher. She attended Seikei High School, and wrote a thesis on

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at the

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, before studying English Literature on a

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Yale University Yale University is a private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and among the most prestigious in the wo ...

. She taught at

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for twenty-five years, and was a literary translator. She was married to

Mark Selden Mark Selden (born 1938) is a coordinator of the open-access journal ''The Asia-Pacific Journal: Japan Focus'', a senior research associate in the East Asia Program at Cornell University, and Bartle Professor of History and Sociology at Binghamton Un ...

, with whom she had three children and four grandchildren.

Selected publications

Translations into English of Fiction, History, Biography, Early Childhood Education, and Art * Kodaira Takashi (ed.), ''Tenrō haiku no eiyaku: Seishi, Toshio, Ayako'' (Haiku from the Tenrō School in English Translation: Seishi, Toshio, Ayako) (Yokohama: Shumpūsha, 2014) - translated by Alfred H. Marks and Kyoko Selden. *

Suzuki Shin’ichi was a Japanese musician, philosopher, and educator and the founder of the international Suzuki method of music education and developed a philosophy for educating people of all ages and abilities. An influential pedagogue in music education of ...

, ''Nurtured by Love''. Revised edition (Van Nuys, CA: Alfred Music Publishing, 2013) - translated by Kyoko Selden with Lili Selden * Cho Kyo, ''The Search for the Beautiful Woman: A Cultural History of Japanese and Chinese Beauty'' (Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, 2012) * Tanaka Shigeki, ''Everything Depends on How We Raise Them: Educating Young Children by the Suzuki Method'' (Miami: Summy-Birchard, 2002) * Honda Katsuichi, ''Harukor: An Ainu Woman’s Tale'' (Berkeley: University of California Press, 2000). *

Tomioka Taeko Taeko Tomioka (, ''Tomioka Taeko''; born July 28, 1935) is a Japanese writer. She was born in Osaka, was educated at Osaka Women's College, worked as a high school English teacher and moved to Tokyo in 1960. Tomioka visited New York City in 1964 ...

, ''The Funeral of a Giraffe: Seven Stories of Tomioka Taeko'' (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1999) - translated by Kyoko Selden and Noriko Mizuta. *

Kayano Shigeru was one of the last native speakers of the Ainu language and a leading figure in the Ainu ethnic movement in Japan. Early life Kayano was born in Nibutani village in Biratori, Hokkaidō, Japan. His family name at birth was Kaizawa, but he w ...

, ''Our Land Was a Forest: An Ainu Memoir'' (Boulder, CO: Westview Press,

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1996) - translated by Kyoko Selden and Lili Selden. * Suzuki Shin’ichi, ''Young Children’s Talent Education and Its Method'' (Miami: SummyBirchard, 1996) * Selden, Kyoko and Noriko Mizuta (eds), ''Japanese Women Writers: Twentieth Century Short Fiction'' (Armonk, NY: M.E. Sharpe

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1991) - edited and translated with Noriko Mizuta. * Selden, Mark and Kyoko Selden (eds), ''The Atomic Bomb: Voices from Hiroshima and Nagasaki'' (''Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1989) * Shimizu Yoshiaki (ed.), ''Japan: The Shaping of Daimyo Culture, 1185-1868'' (Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1989. * Suzuki Shin’ichi. Talent Education for Young Children. New Albany, IN: World-Wide Press, 1986) * Honda Masaaki, ''Shinichi Suzuki: Man of Love'' (Princeton: Birch Tree Group, 1984) * Suzuki Shin’ichi, ''Where Love Is Deep: The Writing of Shin’ichi Suzuki'' (New Albany, IN: World-Wide Press, 1982)

The Kyoko Iriye Selden Memorial Translation Prize

Also known as the Kyoko Selden Translation Prize, this was established in 2014, with contributions from colleagues and friends, to honor Kyoko Iriye Selden's scholarly legacy. The prize is awarded to translations that are at the unpublished stage, to support and encourage translation and publication of Japanese language materials across a broad range. 2021 Winners * Excerpts from ''Shōkenkō'' 蕉堅稿: The Selected Poems of Zekkai Chūshin 絶海中津 (1336-1405), by

Zekkai Chūshin This is a list of main characters from the manga ''Kekkaishi'' by Yellow Tanabe and the anime television series adapted from it. ''Kekkaishi'' is about teenagers Yoshimori Sumimura and Tokine Yukimura, heirs to rival clans of kekkai (barrier mag ...

(1336-1405) - translated by Paul Atkins * "A Dosimeter on the Narrow Road to Oku" (線量計と奥の細道, 2018), by

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(ドリアン助川) - translated by

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2020 Competition cancelled
2019 Winner * "The Maiden's Betrayal" (''Otome no mikkoku'', 2010), Akiko Akazome - translated by Michelle Kyoko Crowson 2018 Winners * "A Famous Flower in Mountain Seclusion" (''Sankan no meika'', 1889), by Nakajima Shōen - translated by Dawn Lawson * "An Artificial Heart" (''Jinkō Shinzō'', 1926), by Kosakai Fuboku - translated by Max Zimmerman Honorable Mention: Chapter Four of Ishimure Michiko's historical novel about the Shimabara Rebellion, Birds of Spirit (''Anima no tori'', 1999) - translated by Bruce Allen 2017 Winners * "Tale of the Enchanted Sword" (妖剣記聞, ''Yōken Kibun'', 1920), by

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- translated by

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* "The Torrent" (奔流, ''Hon’ryū'', 1943), by Taiwanese writer Wang Changxiong (王昶雄, also known by his Japanese name, Ō Chōyū) - translated by Erin Brightwell 2016 Winner * "Not of Color" (''Hishoku''), by

Ariyoshi Sawako Sawako Ariyoshi (有吉佐和子 ''Ariyoshi Sawako'', 20 January 1931 – 30 August 1984) was a Japanese writer, known for such works as '' The Doctor's Wife'' and ''The River Ki.'' She was known for her advocacy of social issues, such as the eld ...

- translated by Polly Barton 2015 Winner * "Muddy River" (''Doro no kawa''), by Miyamoto Teru - translated by Andrew Murakami-Smith 2014 Winners * "Sagoromo" (''Sagoromo monogatari''), by Rokujo no Saiin Senji (1039-1036) - translated by David Pearsall Dutcher * "So Happy to See Cherry Blossoms" (''Mankai no sakura ga mirete ureshii na'', 2012), by Madoka Mayuzumi - translated by

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and Nancy Sato

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Selden, Kyoko Iriye Japanese–English translators English–Japanese translators Literary translators 1936 births 2013 deaths

Biography

Selected publications

The Kyoko Iriye Selden Memorial Translation Prize

Further reading

References