E. Dale Saunders
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E. Dale Saunders was an American scholar of Romance languages and literature, Japanese Buddhism, classical Japanese literature, and East Asian civilization.
Saunders obtained an A.B. degree from Western Reserve University in 1941 and an M.A. in Romance Philology from Harvard in 1942. He continued his studies in Japanese after joining the U.S. Naval Reserve, later earning an M.A. from Harvard in 1948 and an Doctorat de l'Université de Paris in 1953.
Saunders was a teaching fellow in Romance Languages and Literature at Harvard in 1942 and again in 1945-48. After working as instructor in French at Boston University
(1946), Chargé de mission, titre étranger in the Musée Guimet in Paris (1950), Lecturer at the University of Paris
(1951–52), and Assistant Professor at the International Christian University
in Tokyo (1954–55), Saunders joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania
in 1955 as assistant professor. He became associate professor in 1963 and full professor in 1968.
(Inter Ice Age 4, The Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another
, The Ruined Map
, and The Box Man) and Mishima Yukio
(The Temple of Dawn in conjunction with Cecilia Segawa Seigle).
Saunders has also translated several books into French, including the three-volume A History of Japanese Literature: From the Manyoshu to Modern Times by Katō Shūichi
and Le jeu de l'indulgence: Etude de psychologie fondée sur le concept japonais d'amae by Doi Takeo.
Saunders obtained an A.B. degree from Western Reserve University in 1941 and an M.A. in Romance Philology from Harvard in 1942. He continued his studies in Japanese after joining the U.S. Naval Reserve, later earning an M.A. from Harvard in 1948 and an Doctorat de l'Université de Paris in 1953.
Saunders was a teaching fellow in Romance Languages and Literature at Harvard in 1942 and again in 1945-48. After working as instructor in French at Boston University
Boston University
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(1946), Chargé de mission, titre étranger in the Musée Guimet in Paris (1950), Lecturer at the University of Paris
University of Paris
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(1951–52), and Assistant Professor at the International Christian University
International Christian University
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in Tokyo (1954–55), Saunders joined the faculty of the University of Pennsylvania
University of Pennsylvania
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in 1955 as assistant professor. He became associate professor in 1963 and full professor in 1968.
Translations
In addition to his contributions to scholarship, Saunders is known for his English translations of modern Japanese literature by authors such as Abe KōbōKobo Abe
, pseudonym of was a Japanese writer, playwright, photographer and inventor. Abe has been often compared to Franz Kafka and Alberto Moravia for his surreal, often nightmarish explorations of individuals in contemporary society and his modernist sensibilities....
(Inter Ice Age 4, The Woman in the Dunes, The Face of Another
The Face of Another
is a 1959 novel by Kōbō Abe. In 1966, It was adapted into a film directed by Hiroshi Teshigahara.-Synopsis:A plastics scientist loses his face in an accident and proceeds to obtain a new face for himself. With a new 'mask', the protagonist sees the world in a new way and even goes so far as to have...
, The Ruined Map
The Ruined Map (novel)
The Ruined Map is a novel written by the Japanese writer Kōbō Abe in 1967.The Ruined Map is the story of an unnamed detective, hired by a beautiful, alcoholic woman, to find clues related to the disappearance of her husband...
, and The Box Man) and Mishima Yukio
Yukio Mishima
was the pen name of , a Japanese author, poet, playwright, actor and film director, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku after a failed coup d'état...
(The Temple of Dawn in conjunction with Cecilia Segawa Seigle).
Saunders has also translated several books into French, including the three-volume A History of Japanese Literature: From the Manyoshu to Modern Times by Katō Shūichi
Kato Shuichi
Shūichi Katō was a Japanese critic and author best known for his works on literature and culture.-Biography:...
and Le jeu de l'indulgence: Etude de psychologie fondée sur le concept japonais d'amae by Doi Takeo.
Other works
- Mudra: A Study of Symbolic Gestures in Japanese Buddhist Sculpture
- Mythologies of the Ancient World
- Japanese Buddhism