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Graeme Wilson

1919 – 1992

Japanese to English translator

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Lived 1919 – 1992 (aged 73). Graeme Wilson was a translator, civil servant, diplomat and naval aviator.

Graeme McDonald Wilson (9 May 1919 – 2 September 1992) was a British academic and translator. He served in the Fleet Air Arm (1939–1946) and, following World War II, joined the Civil Service. He lectured for the British Council, wrote reviews for English literature journals, and wrote radio scripts for the Australian Broadcasting Company. His works include co-translations, with Aiko Itō, of I Am a Cat and Ten Nights of Dreams by Natsume Sōseki.

Translations Girl in the Rain I Am a Cat, by Natsume Sōseki (with Aiko Itō), 1972 Ten Nights of Dreams, Hearing Things by Natsume Sōseki (with Aiko Itō) The Heredity of Taste by Natsume Sōseki From the Morning of the World: Poems from the by Man'yōshū Three Contemporary Japanese Poets: Hitoshi Anzai, Kazuko Shiraishi, Shuntarō Tanikawa (with Atsumi Ikuko) Face at the Bottom of the World and Other Poems, translations of the modern Japanese poetry of Hagiwara Sakutaro Tree of Happiness

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Japanese to English translator (1919-1992)

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Graeme Wilson was born on 9 May 1919.

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Graeme Wilson died on 2 September 1992.

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Graeme Wilson was a translator, civil servant, diplomat and naval aviator.

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