Geraldine Millais Harcourt (25 May 1952 – 21 June 2019) was a New Zealand translator of modern Japanese literature.
Geraldine Harcourt | |
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| Born | Geraldine Millais Harcourt 25 May 1952 Auckland, New Zealand |
| Died | 21 June 2019 (aged 67) Wellington, New Zealand |
| Occupation | Translator |
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Early life and education
editHarcourt was born in Auckland on 25 May 1952.[1][2] She graduated from the University of Auckland, and first went to Japan in 1973.[2]
Career
editHarcourt developed a close working relationship with Japanese fiction writer Yūko Tsushima,[3] and translated many of her works into English. These include:
- Yūko Tsushima, Child of Fortune (1978)
- Yūko Tsushima, Territory of Light (1979)
- Yūko Tsushima, Woman Running in the Mountains (1980)
- Yūko Tsushima, The Shooting Gallery & Other Stories (1973–1984)
- Yūko Tsushima, Of Dogs and Walls (2018)
Works by other Japanese authors translated into English by Harcourt include:
- Shizuko Gō, Requiem (1985)
- Hirotada Ototake, No One's Perfect (1998)
- Yūko Tanaka, The Power of the Weave: The Hidden Meanings of Cloth (2013)
- Takeshi Nakagawa, The Japanese House in Space, Memory, and Language (2006)
Awards
editIn 1990, Harcourt was awarded the Wheatland Translation Prize.[4] She won the 2018–2019 Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prize for her translation of Territory of Light, published by Penguin in 2017.[4][5]
Death
editHarcourt died in Wellington on 21 June 2019.[1][4]
References
edit- ^ a b "Geraldine Harcourt death notice". Dominion Post. 11 July 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Walla? What walls? A translator breaks down barriers". Trends in Japan. 9 January 2002. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ ""A bright room of her own": translating Yūko Tsushima". Victoria University of Wellington. 9 April 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ a b c "In memory of Geraldine Millais Harcourt". Tributes Online. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
- ^ "Awards ceremony and reception 2019–2019". Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture. 2019. Retrieved 13 July 2019.
