Michael Gallagher (born 1930) is an author and translator of Japanese literature. His translation of Yukio Mishima's Spring Snow was a finalist for the National Book Award in 1973,[1] while his nonfiction work Laws of Heaven was the winner of the Alpha Sigma Nu Jesuit Book Award in Theology.[2] As a Jesuit scholastic, he spent three years teaching English at St. Xavier High School in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he directed several plays, including The Teahouse of the August Moon.[citation needed] He left the Jesuit order[3] and served briefly as a paratrooper in Korea.
Translations[]
- Japan Sinks by Sakyo Komatsu
- The Sea and Poison by Shusaku Endo
- Spring Snow by Yukio Mishima
- Runaway Horses by Yukio Mishima
- The Pornographers by Akiyuki Nosaka
Books[]
- Dust and Gingko Leaves (published in Japanese translation by Kodansha)
- Laws of Heaven (1992)
References[]
- ↑ Gallagher, Michael (January 1987). "Sidestepping the challenge of peace". Commonweal. New York City. http://search.opinionarchives.com/Summary/Commonweal/V114I1P9-1.htm. Retrieved 2008-08-15. "MICHAEL GALLAGHER, a free-lance writer and translator from the Japanese, received a National Book Award nomination in 1973..."
- ↑ "Past Winners of Alpha Sigma Nu Book Awards (1979 - 2012)". Alpha Sigma Nu. 2013. http://www.alphasigmanu.org/images/uploads/documents/Past_Winners_of_Book_Awards_2013.pdf. Retrieved 6 October 2013.[dead link]
- ↑ Gallagher, Michael; D.J. Enright (1969-01-16). "Pornographers in Translation". The New York Review of Books. New York City. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/11432. Retrieved 2009-08-15.
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