Howard Goldblatt

Howard Goldblatt is Research Professor of Chinese at the University of Notre Dame. He is a translator of numerous works of contemporary Chinese/Taiwanese fiction, including The Taste of Apples by Huang Chunming and The Execution of Mayor Yin by Chen Ruoxi.

Goldblatt received a B.A. from Long Beach State College in 1961, an M.A. from San Francisco State University in 1971, and a Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1974.^[1]

Awards

• 2000 National Translation Award for translation of Notes of a Desolate Man by Chu Tien-wen
• 2009 Guggenheim Fellowship ^[2]
• In the first 4 years of the Man Asian Literary Prize, 3 of the winners were of works translated by Goldblatt.^[3]

Works

Essays

• Goldblatt, Howard (April 28, 2002). "The Writing Life". The Washington Post. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A51294-2002Apr25&notFound=true. Retrieved 2010-05-04. 

Bibliography

Selected works translated by Goldblatt:^[4]

• Jiang Rong (March 2008). Wolf Totem. Penguin. ISBN 9781594201561. http://books.google.com/books?id=JJiuqcFHWyoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&lr=&ei=SLrMStDWFaa-M_GsidAH#v=onepage&q=&f=false.  Wolf Totem won the first Man Asian Literary Prize in November 2007.
• Yan Mo (2008). Life and Death are Wearing Me Out. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Arcade Publishing. ISBN 9781559708531. 
• Bi Feiyu (November 2007). The Moon Opera. Translators Howard Goldblatt, Sylvia Li-chun Lin. Telegram Books. ISBN 9780151012947. http://books.google.com/books?id=iAIXPGeeB1IC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&lr=&ei=l7bMSoWpMYvaNebp8PQN#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Tong Su (2005). My Life as Emperor. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Hyperion East. ISBN 9781401366667. 
• Aili Mu, Julie Chiu, Howard Goldblatt, ed (January 2006). Loud Sparrows. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231138482. 
• Yan Mo (January 2005). Big breasts and wide hips: a novel. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Arcade Publishing. ISBN 9781559706728. http://books.google.com/books?id=fe5wAkv1snoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&ei=Da_MSqGCGp6yNL2psIkI#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Ruoxi Chen (2004). The execution of mayor Yin and other stories from the great proletarian Cultural Revolution. Translators Nancy Ing, Howard Goldblatt. Indiana University Press. ISBN 9780253344168. http://books.google.com/books?id=buJ5rCQn-B8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&ei=Da_MSqGCGp6yNL2psIkI#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Chun Sue, Chunshu (2004). Beijing Doll. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Riverhead Books. ISBN 9781594480201. 
• Shuo Wang (2000). Please Don't Call Me Human. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Hyperion East. ISBN 9780786864195. 
• Pingwa Jia (2003). Turbulence: A Novel. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Grove Press. ISBN 9780802139726. http://books.google.com/books?id=JIlTzBVJ_MwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&ei=Da_MSqGCGp6yNL2psIkI#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Hong Xiao (2002). The field of life and death & Tales of Hulan River. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Cheng & Tsui Company. ISBN 9780887273926. http://books.google.com/books?id=V3KhI1UutJIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&ei=Da_MSqGCGp6yNL2psIkI#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Ying Hong (January 2000). Daughter of the River. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Grove Press. ISBN 9780802136602. http://books.google.com/books?id=tBqpPKT01vYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&ei=Da_MSqGCGp6yNL2psIkI#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Yan Mo (2000). The republic of wine: a novel. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Arcade Publishing. ISBN 9781559705318. http://books.google.com/books?id=tB0-AHBAvgoC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&ei=Da_MSqGCGp6yNL2psIkI#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Shuo Wang (1998). Playing For Thrills. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Penguin Books. ISBN 9780140269710. 
• Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused. Grove Press. June 1996. ISBN 9780802134493. http://books.google.com/books?id=b09oZkNN5k8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&lr=&ei=l7bMSoWpMYvaNebp8PQN#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Joseph S. M. Lau, Howard Goldblatt, ed (June 1996). Columbia Anthology of Modern Chinese Literature. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231138413. http://books.google.com/books?id=DRt84_yIsrAC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&ei=Da_MSqGCGp6yNL2psIkI#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 
• Ang Li (1995). The butcher's wife and other stories. Translator Howard Goldblatt. Cheng & Tsui Company. ISBN 9780887272226. http://books.google.com/books?id=rTdvOkEticcC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Howard+Goldblatt&ei=Da_MSqGCGp6yNL2psIkI#v=onepage&q=&f=false. 

Notes

References

• "Howard Goldblatt". University of Notre Dame. http://al.nd.edu/resources-for/faculty-and-staff/faculty-list/bio/hgoldbla/. Retrieved 2009-01-18. 
• "Howard Goldblatt interview". Three Percent (University of Rochester). http://www.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent/index.php?id=561.