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Jay Rubin was born on 1941 in Washington, D.C., U.S., is an American translator and japanologist. Discover Jay Rubin's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 83 years old?

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Occupation Translator, scholar
Age 83 years old
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Born 1941, 1941
Birthday 1941
Birthplace Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality United States

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1941

Jay Rubin (born 1941) is an American translator, writer, scholar and Japanologist.

He is one of the main translators of the works of the Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami into English.

He has also written a guide to Japanese, Making Sense of Japanese (originally titled Gone Fishin ' ), and a biographical literary analysis of Murakami.

Rubin was born in Washington, D.C., in 1941.

Rubin has a PhD in Japanese literature from the University of Chicago.

2001

His publications include Modern Japanese Writers (Scribners, 2001) and Haruki Murakami and the Music of Words (Harvill, 2002; Vintage, 2005).

2003

Rubin's translation of The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami won the 2003 Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature and was also awarded the Japan–U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature in 1999.

2006

His translation of 18 stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa appeared as a Penguin Classics in 2006.

2008

He taught at the University of Washington for eighteen years, and then moved on to Harvard University, which he left in 2008.

In his early research career he focused on the Meiji state censorship system.

More recently Rubin has concentrated his efforts on Murakami and Noh drama.

2015

His debut novel, The Sun Gods, was released in May 2015 (Chin Music Press) and explores the relationship between a Japanese mother, Mitsuko, and her adopted, American son, Billy, as they face American internment during World War II.

Rubin also translated the "Thousand Years of Dreams" passages by Kiyoshi Shigematsu for use in the Japanese-produced Xbox 360 game Lost Odyssey.

2018

In 2018, he edited The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories.