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Donald Keene
Donald Keene (1922-2019)

linguist, translator, historian, japanologist

  • Harvard University, Columbia University

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Modern Japanese literature
Travelers of a hundred ages
Dawn to the West
World within walls
Japanese literature
The pleasures of Japanese literature
Modern Japanese diaries
Anthology of Japanese Literature: From the Earliest Era to the Mid-Nineteenth Century (UNESCO Collection of Representative Works: European)
Masterful Illusions
Anthology of Japanese literature, from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century
Sources of Japanese tradition
Seeds in the Heart
Some Japanese Portraits
The Japanese discovery of Europe, 1720-1830
Emperor of Japan
Emperor of Japan
Bunraku
Landscapes and portraits, appreciations of Japanese culture
Anthology of Japanese literature, from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century
Five Modern Japanese Novelists
Essays in Idleness
Nō ; and, Bunraku
Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion
On familiar terms
Sources of Japanese tradition
Koten o tanoshimu
Koe no nokori
Living Japan
Sources of Japanese Tradition, 1600 to 2000
The old woman, the wife and the archer
Living in Two Countries
The blue-eyed tarōkaja
War-wasted Asia : letters, 1945-46
Twenty plays of the Nō theatre
Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion: The Creation of the Soul of Japan (Asia Perspectives: History, Society, and Culture)
Modern Japanese novels and the West
Winter Sun Shines In
Futatsu no bokoku ni ikite
Frog in the well
Frog in the Well
Hyakudai no kakaku
ANTHOLOGY OF JAPANESE LITERATURE TO THE NINETEENTH CENTURY
Anthology of Japanese Literature
The Battles of Coxinga
TWENTY PLAYS OF THE NO THEATRE
Flowers of Buffoonery
La literatura japonesa entre Oriente y Occidente
Travels in Japan
Watashi no daiji na basho =
So lovely a country will never perish
Les journaux intimes dans la littérature japonaise
The Major Plays of Chikamatsu
Death in Midsummer and Other Stories
Chronicles of my life
World Within Walls (Pb)
No
Tales of Ise
Nihonjin no biishiki
Appreciations of Japanese Culture
Nihon bungaku no rekishi
Three Plays by Kobo Abe
Zoku hyakudai no kakaku
The Winter Sun Shines In
Los placeres de la literatura japonesa
Eyewitness to history
Japan at the dawn of the modern age
Mō hitotsu no bokoku Nihon e =
Nihon o rikaisuru made
Seeds in the Heart
Aoi me no Tarō Kaja
Essays in Idleness
Anthology of Chinese literature
Nō: the classical theatre of Japan
So lovely a country will never perish
Meeting with Japan
Five Modern Noh Plays
Landscapes and Portraits
Japan at the Dawn of the Modern Age
Nihon bungaku o yomu
The first modern Japanese
Anthology of Japanese literature
Donarudo Kīn watashi no Nihongo shugyō
Nihon no miryoku
Tsui saki no utagoe wa
Nihonjin no shitsumon
Nihon to no deai
Kinō no senchi kara
Nihon no haiku wa naze sekai bungaku nano ka
Moshi moshi, sumimasen, dōmo =
Modern Japanese Novels and the West
Nihon bungaku no naka e
Twenty plays of the No theatre
Nō
KCTS Chefs 2005
Nihon no sakka
The distinctiveness of the Japanese
Landscapes and portraits, appreciations of Japanese culture
Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu
Hyakudai no kakaku
Donarudo Kīn no omban fūshi kaden
No
No
Bashô's Journey of 1684
Nihon bungakushi
Hateshinaku utsukushii Nihon
Nihongo no bi
Twenty plays of the Nō theatre
Early Light
Modern Japanese poetry
Watakushi no Nihon bungaku shōyō
Anthology of Japanese literature to the nineteenth century
The Japanese discovery of Europe
Uruwashiki sengo Nihon
Meiji Tennō
Meiji Tennō o kataru
Senjō no Eroika shinfonī
Friends, a Play
Meiji Chʻŏnhwang
EDO JAPAN ENCOUNTERS THE WORLD
Watashi no sukina rekōdo
Appreciations of Japanese culture
Ikite iru Nihon
Literatura japoneză
Donarudo Kīn no Tōkyō shitamachi nikki
Nihon bungaku o yomu
Tsui saki no utagoe wa
Travels in Japan
Emperor of Japan
Kabuki
Nihon no engeki
Jiden
Ashikaga Yoshimasa
No the Classical Theatre of Japan
Twenty Plays of the No Theatre
Watashi no Nihon bungaku shōyō
Anthology of Japanese literature (UNESCO collection of representative works ; Japanese series)
Masaoka Shiki
Chushingura
So Lovely a Country Will Never Perish
Nihonjin no shitsumon
Donarudo Kīn
I︠A︡pont︠s︡y otkryvai︠u︡t Evropy, 1720-1830
Japanese Discovery of Europe, 1720-1830
Omoide no sakkatachi
Narodziny japońskich tradycji
Nihon bungaku o yomu
Living Japan
Kōenroku, "Nihon bunka to josei"
Nihon no sakka
Tsui saki no utagoe wa
Japanese literature
Nihon bungaku ni okeru nisshi no chii
Koten no tanoshimi
Meiji Tennō
Renaissance Thought and Its Sources
Nippon o kotohogu
Oku no hosomichi to Yamagata
The Old Woman, The Wife, and The Archer
Kīn daiarī
Watashi to 20-seiki no kuronikuru
Sekai no naka no Nihon bunka
Nō, bunraku, kabuki
Nihon no sakka
Living Japan
Modern Japanese Literature
Anthology of Japanese literature
La letteratura giapponese
Modern Japanese poetry
Kaiwa sakubun Eigo hyōgen jiten =
The blue-eyed tarōkaja
Zoku hyakudai no kakaku
The tale of the bamboo cutter
Donarudo Kīn chosakushū
Major Plays of Chikamatsu
The distinctiveness of the Japanese
The Manyoshu
Meeting with Japan
Five Modern Japanese Novelists
Nihon bungaku sanpo
Japanische Literatur
Chronicles of My Life
Nihon bungakushi
Ongaku tono deai to yorokobi
Yoshimasa and the Silver Pavilion
Kono hitosuji ni tsunagarite
Kaiwa sakubun Eigo hyōgen jiten
The Japanese discovery of Europe
Twenty Plays of the Nō Theatre
Anthology of Chinese Literature, from the Fourteenth Century to the Present
Ascending to Manhood
The Tale of the Shining Princess
Anthology of Japanese literature
Living Japan (The Land, The People and Their Changing World)
Nihon no miryoku
Pleasures of Japanese Literature
Chronicles of My Life
Nihonjin no seiyō hakken
Watashi no Nihongo shugyō
Four Major Plays of Chikamatsu
Iapōnikē logotechnia
Living in two countries
Expatriates of No Country
Modern Japanese literature
Koten no tanoshimi
No - The Classical Theatre of Japan
Modern Japanese novels and the West
Donarudo Kīn no opera e yōkoso!
Japanese Discovery of Europe, 1720-1830
No and Bunraku
Un occidental en Japón
Two countries, two homes
Nihon bungaku ni okeru nisshi no chii
Blue-Eyed Tarokaja
Nihonjin no seiyō hakken
Nihonjin no shitsumon
Nihon bungaku wa sekai no kakehashi
Stranniki v vekakh
Bunraku
"Nyūyōku taimuzu" no Donarudo Kīn
Watanabe Kazan
Sukoshi mimi no itaku naru hanashi
Anthology of Japanese Literature
Confessions of a Japanologist
Heroes, old and new
Nihonjin no sensō
Nihon saiken
Mivḥar ha-sipur ha-Yapani
Anthology of Japanese literature to the nineteenth century
Furukushite atarashiki mono
Modern Japanese literature
Nihon o rikaisuru made
Donarudo, Kīn no onban fūshi kaden
Ishikawa Takuboku
Breaking Jewel
Meiji Tennō
Dentō to kojin
Japanese Discovery of Europe, 1720-1830
La literatura japonesa
30 things Japanese
Kabuki Today
Essays on Asian theater, music and dance
Kōyū shō
Sekai no Genji monogatari
Japanese literature
Three Plays by Kobo Abe
Anthology of Japanese literature, from the earliest era to the mid-nineteenth century
Hyakudai no kakaku
From a ruined empire
Nihon no bungaku
Aoi me no Tarō Kaja
Chushingura: The Treasury of Loyal Retainers, a Puppet Play (UNESCO collection of representative works:)
Santiago Posteguillo
Santiago Posteguillo (born 1966)

philologist, linguist

  • Jaume I University

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Los asesinos del emperador
La traición de Roma
Los asesinatos del emperador
La traición de Roma
La traición de Roma
Las legiones malditas
Texture of internet
Las Legiones Malditas
Circo Máximo
Los asesinatos del emperador
Maldita Roma
Language@t work
El séptimo círculo del infierno
Los asesinos del emperador
Discourse analysis and terminology in languages for specific purposes
La noche en que Frankenstein leyó el Quijote
Methodology and new technologies in languages for specific purposes
La sangre de los libros
Y Julia retó a los dioses
Africanus
La noche en que Frankenstein leyó el Quijote
Circo Máximo
Yo Julia
La sangre de los libros
Mihail Sadoveanu
Mihail Sadoveanu (1880-1961)

linguist, poet, journalist, biographer, translator, politician

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The hatchet ; The life of Stephen the Great
Neamul Soimarestilor
Drumuri
Povestiri din război
Sadoveanu despre Sadoveanu
Opere alese
Caleidoscop
Corespondența debutului (1898-1904)
Cincizeci de ani dela moartea lui Ion Creangă
Poezia populară
Baltagul
Țara de dincolo de negură
Zece povestiri
Cozma Răcoare
Despre Ion Creangă
Fantezii răsăritene
Dumbrava minunată
Preocupări de teatru
Venea o moară pe Siret
Frații Jderi
Haia Sanis
Nada florilor
Divanul persian
Vremuri de bejenie ; Nunta domniței Ruxanda
Aventurile șahului
The golden bough
The hatchet
Dureri înăbușite
Nicoară Potcoavă
Zodia cancerului sau Vremea Ducăi-Vodă
Cîntecul amintirii
Țara de dincolo de negură ; Împărăția apelor
Crîșma lui moș Precu și alte cîteva povestiri
Creanga de aur
Raiul
Hanu Ancuței
Istorisiri din Ardeal
Demonul tinereții ; Uvar
Opere
Daim
Gesammelte Studien zum Alten Testament
Strada Lăpușneanu
Neamul Șoimăreștilor
Oameni și locuri
Drumuri basarabene
Tales from Ancuța's Inn
Domnu Trandafir
Ochi de urs
Frații Jderi
Nicoară Potcoava
Țara de dincolo de negură
Valea Frumoasei ; Țara de dincolo de negură ; Împărăția apelor ; Vechime
Creanga de aur
Țara de dincolo de negura ; Valea Frumoasei ; Poveștile de la Bradu Strîmb
L'auberge d'Ancoutza
CREANGA DE AUR = THE GOLDEN BOUGH
Stigletele
Nicoara Potcoavă
Tales of war
Mitrea Cocor
The hatchet
Lacrimile Ieromonahului Veniamin ...
The mud-hut dwellers
Frații Jderi
Privelişti dobrogne
Romane
Romane
Tales of war
Miṭrea Ḳoḳor
Pagini de jurnal și documente inedite
Hanu Ancuței
Povestiri
Povestiri
Nopțile de Sînziene
Nunta domniței Ruxanda ; Zodia cancerului sau Vremea Ducăi-Vodă
Recits de guerre
Evening tales
Nopțile de Sînziene
Miṭreyah Ḳoḳor
Rasskazy i povesti
Baltagul
Miṭrea Ḳoḳar
Cincizeci de povestiri
Creanga de aur
Evening tales
Povestiri de petrecere și de folos
Hanu Ancuței
André Brink
André Brink (1935-2015)

linguist, translator, literary scholar, man of letters

  • North-West University

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Philida
Anderkant die stilte
Rumors of rain
Should I stay or should I go?
An act of terror
Kennis van die aand
SA, 27 April 1994
Encounters with André Brink
Flame in the snow
Die eerste lewe van Adamastor
Die meul teen die hang
Rooi
Pot-pourri
Other lives
Orgie
Die blou deur
Gerugte van Reën
Die rooikop en die redakteur
'n Vurk in die pad
Die Geskiedenis van oom Kootjie Emmer van Witgatworteldraii
An act of violence
Oupa en ouma se Boererate
Mikhail Zagoskin
Mikhail Zagoskin (1789-1852)

playwright, linguist

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Brynskiĭ les
Tales of three centuries
I͡U︡riĭ Miloslavskiĭ, ili Russkie v 1612 godu
Rosslawlew
Brynskīĭ li͡e︡s
Roslavlev, ili, Russkie v 1812 godu
Sochinenii︠a︡ v dvukh tomakh
Moskva i moskvichi
Polnoe sobranīe sochinenīĭ M.N. Zagoskina v dvukh tomakh
I͡U︡riĭ Miloslavskiĭ
Roslavlev
Askolʹdova mogila
Roslavlev, ili, Russkie v 1812 gody
Bogatonov v derevni︠e︡
Vecher na Khopri︠e︡
Roslavlev
Toska po rodini︠e︡
|I|Uriĭ Miloslavskiĭ
IUriǐ Miloslavskiǐ
Sobranie sochineniĭ ..
Russkie v nachali︠e︡ XVIII stoli︠e︡tii︠a︡
Ella Cara Deloria
Ella Cara Deloria (1889-1971)

anthropologist, linguist

  • Columbia University, Columbia University

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Speaking of Indians
Waterlily
Ella Deloria's The Buffalo People
Dakota texts
Waterlily
Ella Deloria's Iron Hawk
Nénuphar
Dakota Texts (American Ethnological Society Pubs No. 14)
Speaking of Indians
Dakota Texts
Reminiscences of Ella Deloria, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe of South Dakota
Nilufer - Beyaz Adam Oncesinde Bir Kizilderili Kizinin Oykusu
The Dakota Way of Life
Dakota Grammar
Rebecca Gablé
Rebecca Gablé (born 1964)

medievalist, philologist, bank teller, translator, literary scholar

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Christine Leunens
Christine Leunens (born 1964)

violinist, philologist

  • Harvard University, Victoria University of Wellington

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Primordial Soup
El Cielo Enjaulado