Howard Goldblatt
{{Short description|American translator}}
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| birth_place = California, United States
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| alma_mater = California State University, Long Beach
San Francisco State University
Indiana University Bloomington (PhD)
National Taiwan Normal University
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Howard Goldblatt ({{zh|c=葛浩文|pinyin=Gě hàowén}}, born 1939) is a literary translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese (mainland China & Taiwan) fiction, including The Taste of Apples by Huang Chunming and The Execution of Mayor Yin by Chen Ruoxi. Goldblatt also translated works of Chinese novelist and 2012 Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan, including six of Mo Yan's novels and collections of stories.{{cite web | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2012/yan-bibl.html | title=Works in English translation (including Goldblatt's) | publisher=The Swedish Academy Nobelprize.org | work=Mo Yan. The Nobel Prize in Literature 2012. Bibliography | year=2012 | access-date=February 9, 2013}}{{cite web | url=http://ias.umn.edu/2012/11/26/goldblatt-howard/ | title=Howard Goldblatt and Joseph Allen. A Conversation | publisher=University of Minnesota, Institute for Advanced Study | date=November 27, 2012 | access-date=February 9, 2013 | format=available in video and audio formats | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121207130032/http://ias.umn.edu/2012/11/26/goldblatt-howard/ | archive-date=December 7, 2012}} He was a research professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame from 2002 to 2011.{{cite web | url=http://eastasian.nd.edu/news/34318-professor-from-notre-dame-translates-nobel-winners-novels/ | title=Professor From Notre Dame Translates Nobel Winner's Novels | publisher=University of Notre Dame | date=October 11, 2012 | access-date=October 11, 2012 | author=Cohorst, Kate | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130329125956/http://eastasian.nd.edu/news/34318-professor-from-notre-dame-translates-nobel-winners-novels/ | archive-date=March 29, 2013}}
Biography
Goldblatt encountered Chinese for the first time as a young man, during his tour of duty with the US Navy, sent to military base in Taiwan at the beginning of the 1960s.{{Cite web|last=Levitt|first=Aimee|date=2013-04-11|title=Howard Goldblatt's life in translation|url=http://chicagoreader.com/arts-culture/howard-goldblatts-life-in-translation/ |access-date=2021-11-15|website=Chicago Reader|language=en-US}} He stayed there and studied at the Mandarin Center for two more years before returning to the US. He then enrolled at the Chinese language program of the San Francisco State University.{{cite web | url=http://fulltilt.ncu.edu.tw/Content.asp?I_No=16&Period=2 | title=What got you into Chinese...? | publisher=Full Tilt, a journal of East-Asia poetry translation and the arts | work=Howard Goldblatt on How the Navy Saved His Life | access-date=February 9, 2013 | author=Andrea Lingenfelter}} Goldblatt received a Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Long Beach, a Master of Arts from San Francisco State University in 1971, and a Doctor of Philosophy from Indiana University Bloomington in 1974.{{cite web|last1=Orbach|first1=Michael|title=H.Goldblatt： the foremost Chinese-English translator in the world|url=http://site.douban.com/106369/widget/notes/134616/note/252321086/|website=Douban|access-date=27 October 2014}}
Following criticism of Mo Yan's political stance after winning the Nobel Prize, Goldblatt wrote a defence of him in The Guardian.{{Cite web|last=Goldblatt|first=Howard|date=2012-10-12|title=My hero: Mo Yan|url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/oct/12/mo-yan-my-hero-howard-goldblatt |access-date=2021-11-15|website=the Guardian|language=en}}
He worked as a professor of Chinese literature at San Francisco State University, University of Colorado-Boulder and University of Notre Dame.
Awards
- 2000 National Translation Award for translation of Notes of a Desolate Man by Chu T'ien-wen
- 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship{{Cite web |url=http://al.nd.edu/about-arts-and-letters/news/howard-goldblatt-awarded-guggenheim-fellowship/ |title=Howard Goldblatt Awarded Guggenheim Fellowship // News // College of Arts and Letters // University of Notre Dame |access-date=2009-10-07 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120701124552/http://al.nd.edu/about-arts-and-letters/news/howard-goldblatt-awarded-guggenheim-fellowship/ |archive-date=2012-07-01}}
Works
=Selected translations=
- {{Cite book| title=Lapse of Time | author=Wang Anyi | author-link=Wang Anyi |translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher= China Books and Periodicals | location=San Francisco | year= 1988| isbn=0-8351-2032-5}}
- {{Cite book| title=Red Ivy, Green Earth Mother | author=Ai Bei |translator=Howard Goldblatt | publisher=Peregrine Smith Books | location=Salt Lake City | year=1990 | isbn=0-595-00674-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/redivygreenearth00aibe}}
- {{Cite book| title=The Butcher's Wife and Other Stories| author=Li Ang| author-link=Li Ang (writer)|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Cheng & Tsui Company| location=Boston| year=1994| isbn=978-0-88727-222-6| url=https://archive.org/details/butcherswifeot00lian}}
- {{Cite book| author=Liu Heng| author-link=Liu Heng (writer)| title=Black Snow |translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Grove Press| location=New York| year=1994| isbn=978-0-8021-3389-2}}
- {{Cite book| title=Virgin Widows | author=Gu Hua | author-link=Gu Hua |translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=University of Hawaii Press| location=Honolulu| year=1996| isbn= 978-0-8248-1802-9}}
- {{Cite book| title=Blood Red Sunset: A Memoir of the Chinese Cultural Revolution| author=Ma Bo| author-link=Ma Bo| publisher=Viking Press |location=New York| year=1996| isbn= 978-0-14-015942-4}}
- {{Cite book| title=Silver City| author=Li Rui| author-link=Li Rui (writer)|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Metropolitan Books| location=New York| year=1997| isbn=0-8050-4895-2| url=https://archive.org/details/silvercitynovel00liru}}
- {{Cite book| title=Playing For Thrills| author=Wang Shuo| author-link=Wang Shuo|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Penguin Books| year=1998| isbn=978-0-14-026971-0}}
- {{Cite book| title=Rose, Rose, I Love You| author=Wang Zhenhe| author-link=Wang Zhenhe|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Columbia University Press| location=New York| year=1998| isbn=978-0-231-11202-4| url=https://archive.org/details/roseroseiloveyou00wang}}
- {{Cite book| title=Notes of a Desolate Man | author=Chu T'ien-wen | author-link=Chu T'ien-wen | others=Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin | publisher=Columbia University Press | location=New York | year=1999 | isbn=978-0-231-11608-4 | url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780231116084}} - American Literary Translators Association Translation of the Year
- {{Cite book| title=Please Don't Call Me Human| author=Wang Shuo|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Hyperion East| year=2000| isbn=978-0-7868-6419-5| url=https://archive.org/details/pleasedontcallme00wang}}
- {{Cite book| title=The Republic of Wine| author=Mo Yan| author-link=Mo Yan|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Arcade Publishing| year=2000| isbn=978-1-55970-531-8}}
- {{Cite book| title=Daughter of the River| publisher=Grove Press| location=New York| year=2000| isbn=978-0-8021-3660-2| author=Hong Ying| author-link=Hong Ying|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{Cite book| title=The Taste of Apples| author=Huang Chunming| author-link=Huang Chunming|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Columbia University Press| location=New York| year=2001| isbn=978-0-231-12261-0| url=https://archive.org/details/tasteofapples00huan}}
- {{Cite book| title=The Field of Life and Death & Tales of Hulan River | author=Xiao Hong | author-link=Xiao Hong |translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Cheng & Tsui Company| location=Boston| year=2002| isbn=978-0-88727-392-6}}
- {{Cite book| title=Green River Daydreams | author=Liu Heng|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Grove Press| location=New York| year=2002| isbn=978-0-8021-3904-7}}
- {{Cite book| title=Turbulence: A Novel| author=Pingwa Jia|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Grove Press| year=2003| isbn=978-0-8021-3972-6}}
- {{Cite book| title=Shifu, You'll Do Anything for a Laugh | author=Mo Yan |translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Methuen Publishing | location=London| year=2003| isbn=978-0-413-77119-3}}
- {{Cite book| title=Red Poppies | author=Alai | author-link=Alai (author) | others=Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin | publisher=Houghton Mifflin Harcourt | location=Boston | year=2003 | isbn=978-0-618-34069-9 | url=https://archive.org/details/redpoppiesanovel00alai}}
- {{Cite book| author=Mo Yan | title=Red Sorghum |translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Arrow | location=London| year=2003| isbn=978-0-09-945167-9}}
- {{Cite book| title=Beijing Doll| author=Chun Sue |translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Riverhead Books| year=2004| isbn=978-1-59448-020-1| url=https://archive.org/details/beijingdollnovel00chun}}
- {{Cite book| title=Rice| author=Su Tong| author-link=Su Tong|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Perennial | location=New York| year=2004| isbn=0-06-059632-5}}
- {{Cite book| title=The Execution of Mayor Yin and Other Stories from the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution| author=Chen Ruoxi| author-link=Chen Ruoxi| others=Translators Nancy Ing, Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Indiana University Press| year=2004| isbn=978-0-253-34416-8}}
- {{Cite book| title=Big Breasts and Wide Hips| author=Mo Yan|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Arcade Publishing| year=2004| isbn=978-1-55970-672-8}}
- {{Cite book| title=The Dyer's Daughter: Selected Stories of Xiao Hong| publisher= Chinese University Press| location=Hong Kong| year=2005| author=Xiao Hong|translator=Howard Goldblatt| isbn=978-962-996-014-8}}
- {{Cite book| title=Loud Sparrows: Contemporary Chinese Short-Shorts| year=2006|editor1=Aili Mu |editor2=Julie Chiu |editor3=Howard Goldblatt|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Columbia University Press| location=New York| isbn=978-0-231-13848-2| url=https://archive.org/details/loudsparrows00howa}}
- {{Cite book| title=My Life as Emperor| author=Su Tong|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Hyperion East| year=2005| isbn=978-1-4013-6666-7| url=https://archive.org/details/mylifeasemperor00suto}}
- {{Cite book| title=The Old Capital: A Novel of Taipei|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VQhWSTVGY0kC| publisher=Columbia University Press | location=New York| year=2007| isbn=978-0-231-14112-3| author=Chu T'ien-hsin| author-link=Chu T'ien-hsin|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{Cite book| title=The Moon Opera| publisher=Telegram| location=London| year=2007| isbn=978-0-15-101294-7| author=Bi Feiyu| author-link=Bi Feiyu| others=Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin| url=https://archive.org/details/moonopera00bife}}
- {{Cite book| title=Life and Death Are Wearing Me Out| author=Mo Yan|translator=Howard Goldblatt| publisher=Arcade Publishing| year=2008| isbn=978-1-55970-853-1}}
- {{Cite book| title= City of the Queen: A Novel of Colonial Hong Kong | publisher=Hong Kong University Press| location=Hong Kong| year=2008| isbn=978-962-209-911-1| author=Shih Shu-ching |author-link=Shi Shuqing | others=Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin}}
- {{Cite book| title=Binu and the Great Wall of China| publisher=Canongate Books| location=Edinburgh| year=2009| isbn=978-1-84767-062-5 | author=Su Tong |translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{cite book|author=Bi Feiyu|title=Three Sisters |year=2010 |publisher=Telegram|location=London|isbn=978-1-84659-023-8|others=Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin}}
- {{cite book|author=Su Tong|title=The Boat to Redemption|year=2010|publisher=Black Swan|isbn=978-0-552-77454-3|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{cite book|author=Lao She|author-link=Lao She|title=Rickshaw Boy|year=2010|publisher=HarperCollins |location=New York|isbn=978-0-06-143692-5|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{cite book|author=Mo Yan|title=The Garlic Ballads|year=2011|publisher=Arcade Publishing|location=New York|isbn=978-1-61145-251-8|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{Cite book| title=Wolf Totem| author=Jiang Rong| author-link=Jiang Rong| publisher=Penguin| year=2008| isbn=978-1-59420-156-1}}
- {{cite book|author=Mo Yan|title=Change|year=2012|publisher=Seagull Press|location=London|isbn=978-1-906497-48-4|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{cite book|author=Ba Jin|author-link=Ba Jin|title=Ward Four: A Novel of Wartime China|year=2012|publisher=China Books and Periodicals|location=San Francisco|isbn=978-0-8351-0000-7|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{cite book|author=Xi Ni Er|title=The Earnest Mask|year=2012|publisher=Epigram Books |location=Singapore|isbn=978-981-07-3659-0|others=Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin}}
- {{cite book|author=Wong Meng Voon|title=Under the Bed, Confusion|year=2012|publisher=Epigram Books |location=Singapore|isbn=978-981-07-3661-3|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{cite book|author=Mo Yan|title=Pow!|year=2012|publisher=Seagull Press|location=London|isbn=978-0-85742-076-3|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{cite book|author=Mo Yan|title=Sandalwood Death|year=2013|publisher=University of Oklahoma Press|location=Oklahoma|isbn=978-0-8061-4339-2|translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{cite book|author=Alai|title=The Song of King Gesar |year=2013|publisher=Allen & Unwin|location=New South Wales|isbn=978-1-84767-235-3 |others=Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin}}
- {{cite book|author=Yeng Pway Ngon|author-link=Yeng Pway Ngon|title=Trivialities About Me and Myself|year=2014|publisher=Epigram Books |location=Singapore |isbn=978-981-4615-10-5 |translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
- {{cite book|author=Liu Zhenyun|author-link=Liu Zhenyun|title=I Did Not Kill My Husband|year= 2014 |publisher=Arcade Publishing |location=New York|isbn= 978-1-62872-426-4|others=Translators Howard Goldblatt and Sylvia Li-chun Lin}}
- {{cite book|author=Mo Yan|title=Frog|year= 2015|publisher=Viking Press|location=New York|isbn=978-0-525-42798-8 |translator=Howard Goldblatt}}
=Edited volumes=
- {{Cite book| title=Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature| publisher=Columbia University Press| year=1996|editor1=Joseph S. M. Lau |editor2=Howard Goldblatt| isbn=978-0-231-13841-3}}
- {{Cite book| title=Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused: Fiction from Today's China | url=https://archive.org/details/chairmanmaowould00howa | url-access=registration | publisher=Grove Press| year=1996| isbn=978-0-8021-3449-3}}
References
- {{cite web | url=http://fulltilt.ncu.edu.tw/Content.asp?I_No=16&Period=2 | title=Howard Goldblatt on how the Navy Saved His Life and Why Literary Translation Matters | publisher=Full Tilt | access-date=October 11, 2012 | author=Lingenfelter, Andrea}}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20121207130032/http://ias.umn.edu/2012/11/26/goldblatt-howard/ Howard Goldblatt talks about Mo Yan, the Nobel Prize, translation, and other matters of interest]
- [http://www.granta.com/New-Writing/Interview-Howard-Goldblatt Granta interview with Howard Goldblat (11 December 2012)]
- [https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3AGoldblatt%2C+Howard%2C&qt=hot_author Howard Goldblatt on Worldcat]
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