John Weil Nathan is an American translator, writer, scholar, filmmaker, and Japanologist. His translations from Japanese into English include the works of Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburō Ōe, Kōbō Abe, and Natsume Sōseki. Nathan is also an Emmy Award-winning producer, writer and director of several films about Japanese culture and society and American business. He is Professor Emeritus of Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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A Personal Matter
個人的な体験 by Kenzaburō Ōe
English · Grove Press · 1970
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Teach Us to Outgrow Our Madness: Four Short Novels
みずから我が涙をぬぐいたまう日 by Kenzaburō Ōe
English · Grove Press · 1977
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The Sailor Who Fell from Grace With the Sea
午後の曳航 by Yukio Mishima
English · Vintage · 1994
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Rouse Up O Young Men of the New Age!
新しい人よ眼ざめよ by Kenzaburō Ōe
English · Grove Press · 2002
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