Arthur Waley (1889–1966)
Author of Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China
About the Author
Arthur Waley (1889-1966) is highly regarded for his many translations of Chinese & Japanese literature. (Bowker Author Biography)
Image credit: Photo from Poetry since 1939, British Council, 1945
Works by Arthur Waley
The Way and Its Power: Lao Tzu's Tao Te Ching and Its Place in Chinese Thought (UNESCO collection of representative… (1934) — Translator — 288 copies
Madly Singing in the Mountains: An Appreciation and Anthology of Arthur Waley (1970) — Author — 37 copies
The Real Tripitaka and Other Pieces. [Chinese and Japanese stories]. Allen & Unwin. 1952. (1952) 11 copies
Vida y poesía de Li Po 1 copy
Primary Sources, Historical Collections: Zen Buddhism and its Relation to Art, with a foreword by T. S. Wentworth (2011) 1 copy
Old Tracks and New Landmarks 1 copy
The Tale of Genji, Part I 1 copy
Associated Works
Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (1955) — Translator — 727 copies
The Travels of an Alchemist - The Journey of the Taoist Ch'ang-Ch'un From China to the Hindukush at the… (1931) — Translator, some editions — 25 copies
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- Legal name
- Waley, Arthur David
Schloss, Arthur David - Birthdate
- 1889-08-19
- Date of death
- 1966-06-27
- Burial location
- Highgate Cemetery, London, England, UK
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- England, UK
- Birthplace
- Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
- Place of death
- London, England, UK
- Education
- University of Cambridge (King's College ∙ Classics ∙ did not graduate)
Rugby School, Rugby, England, UK - Occupations
- museum curator
writer
translator
civil servant, Ministry of Information - Relationships
- de Zoete, Beryl (partner)
- Organizations
- School of Oriental and African Studies
British Museum - Awards and honors
- Order of the British Empire (Commander, 1952)
Order of the Companions of Honour (1956)
Queen's Medal for Poetry (1953)
honorary fellow of King's College, Cambridge (1945) - Short biography
- Despite his groundbreaking translations from the Chinese and Japanese, Waley (according to Jonathan D. Spence) never visited China or Japan.
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