A Note About the Translator
Edward George Seidensticker was born in Castle Rock, Colorado, in
1921. He received his B.A. from the University of Colorado, his M.A. from
Columbia University, and has done graduate work at Harvard University
and Tokyo University. He is currently professor of Japanese at the
University of Michigan.
Among the important contemporary Japanese novels Mr. Seidensticker
has translated are The Makioka Sisters by Junichiro Tanizaki and Snow
Country, Thousand Cranes, and The Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari
Kawabata. For his translation of The Sound of the Mountain Mr.
Seidensticker received the National Book Award.
