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Arthur Waley

1889 - 1966

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Arthur David Waley (born Arthur David Schloss, 19 August 1889 – 27 June 1966) was an English orientalist and sinologist who achieved both popular and scholarly acclaim for his translations of Chinese and Japanese poetry. Among his honours were appointment as Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1952, receiving the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry in 1953, and being invested as a Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in 1956. Although highly learned, Waley avoided academic posts and most often wrote for a general audience. He chose not to be a specialist but to translate a wide and personal range of classical literature. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Arthur Waley is the 3,587th most popular writer (up from 3,874th in 2019), the 2,865th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,787th in 2019) and the 325th most popular British Writer.

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Among writers, Arthur Waley ranks 3,587 out of 7,302. Before him are Antoine de la Sale, Torgny Lindgren, Teofilo Folengo, Ozaki Kōyō, Titus Quinctius Atta, and Augusto Monterroso. After him are Giovanni Pontano, Edward William Lane, Takeo Arishima, Mikha'il Na'ima, Henry Becque, and James Russell Lowell.

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Among people born in 1889, Arthur Waley ranks 165. Before him are Hans Tropsch, Dorothy Gibson, Lloyd Bacon, Ivan Mosjoukine, Walton Walker, and Angelo Iachino. After him are Mikha'il Na'ima, Ludwig Renn, Recep Peker, Zofia Kossak-Szczucka, Shōji Nishimura, and Marcel Pilet-Golaz. Among people deceased in 1966, Arthur Waley ranks 121. Before him are Julie Manet, Vicente Rojo Lluch, Joe Spence, Erich Pommer, C. S. Forester, and Anna Langfus. After him are Mehmet Fuat Köprülü, Alfred Berger, Nikolay Cherkasov, Joseph A. Walker, Helen Kane, and Ernest Burgess.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Arthur Waley ranks 2,866 out of 8,785. Before him are Henry Wood (1869), Lucy, Lady Duff-Gordon (1863), E. W. Hornung (1866), Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton (1831), Lindsay Kemp (1938), and Dennis Viollet (1933). After him are Herbert James Draper (1863), Edward William Lane (1801), Joely Richardson (1965), Jane Digby (1807), Paul Young (1956), and Auguste Couder (1789).

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Among WRITERS In United Kingdom

Among writers born in United Kingdom, Arthur Waley ranks 325. Before him are Anthony Horowitz (1955), Robert Holdstock (1948), William Ernest Henley (1849), John Osborne (1929), William Cowper (1731), and E. W. Hornung (1866). After him are Edward William Lane (1801), Nevil Shute (1899), Alma Reville (1899), Charles Lock Eastlake (1793), William Robertson Smith (1846), and Penelope Fitzgerald (1916).

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