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Murasaki Shikibu
Francesco_G, October 12, 2006

Murasaki Shikibu

Author of The Tale of Genji

Also known as: Murasaki, 紫式部, L. Murasaki, Lady Muraski, Lady Murasaki, Lady Murasaki ... (see complete list), Lady Murasksi, Shikibu Murasaki, Murasaki Šikibu, Skikibu Murasaki, Lady Shikibu Murasaki, Lady Murasaki Shikibu, b. 978? Murasaki Shikibu, Lady Murasaki; Arthur Waley, Murasaki translated bt Arthur Waley, Lady Murasaki (trans. by Arthur Waley), Lady Translated By Arthur Waley Murasaki, Waley Murasaki Arthur Translated By Lady, Murasaki / Edward G. Seidensticker Shikibu, Shikibu; Waley, Arthur (translator) Murasaki, Lady; Waley, Arthur (Translated by) Murasaki, Murasaki translated by Edward G. Seidensticker, Trans. & Ed.) Murasaki Shikibu (Richard Bowring, Murasaki Shikibu. Translated by Edward G. Seidenst, EDWARD G. SEIDENSTICKER (TRANSLATOR) MURASAKI SHIK

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There are reportedly three basic translations of "The Tale of Genji" into English. Arthur Waley produced a six part translation between 1925 and 1933. Edward Seidensticker produced the second English version in 1976, described as "doggedly faithful" to the original. The most recent translation into English is Royall Tyler's, published in 2001.

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There are reportedly three basic translations of "The Tale of Genji" into English. Arthur Waley produced a six part translation between 1925 and 1933. Edward Seidensticker produced the second English version in 1976, described as "doggedly faithful" to the original. The most recent translation into English is Royall Tyler's, published in 2001.

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