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Edwin Cranston

Edwin Cranston (1932–2021) was a translator, literary scholar and university teacher.

Also recorded as Edwin Augustus Cranston

Edwin Cranston

Born
1932
Died
2021
Occupation
translator · literary scholar · university teacher · poet · man of letters
Fields
Japanese literature · Japanese poetry · translation from Japanese · poetry
Education
Stanford University · University of Arizona · University of California and Berkeley
Honours
Order of the Rising Sun and 3rd class
Languages
English · Japanese

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  1. 01Biography
  2. 02Notes, references and evidence

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