Arthur Waley

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:human
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:King's_College,_Cambridge
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Commander_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire
gptkbp:birthDate 1889-08-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Tunbridge_Wells
gptkbp:deathDate 1966-06-27
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:London
gptkbp:employer gptkb:British_Museum
gptkbp:ethnicGroup Jewish
gptkbp:fieldOfWork gptkb:translator
gptkb:poetry
gptkb:Chinese_literature
gptkb:Japanese_folklore
gptkbp:gender gptkb:male
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Burton_Watson
gptkb:David_Hawkes
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Ezra_Pound
gptkbp:knownFor introducing Chinese and Japanese classics to the English-speaking world
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality British
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Hundred_and_Seventy_Chinese_Poems
gptkb:Monkey_(translation_of_Journey_to_the_West)
gptkb:The_Analects_of_Confucius_(translation)
gptkb:The_Nō_Plays_of_Japan
gptkb:The_Pillow_Book_of_Sei_Shōnagon_(translation)
gptkb:The_Tale_of_Genji_(translation)
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:sinologist
gptkb:translator
gptkb:poet
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:partner gptkb:Beryl_de_Zoete
gptkbp:positionHeld Assistant Keeper of Oriental Prints and Manuscripts
gptkbp:signature Arthur Waley signature.svg
gptkbp:subjectOf biographies
academic studies
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:Ballads_and_Stories_from_Tun-huang
gptkb:Chinese_Poems
gptkb:Dear_Monkey
gptkb:Japanese_Poetry:_The_Uta
gptkb:The_Real_Tripitaka_and_Other_Pieces
gptkb:The_Secret_History_of_the_Mongols_(translation)
The Book of Songs (translation of Shijing)
The Poetry and Career of Li Po
Yuan Mei: Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet
The Way and Its Power (translation of Tao Te Ching)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:George_Allen_&_Unwin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Arthur Waley