Robert Lyons Danly (January 3, 1947 – April 27, 1997)[1] was an award-winning writer, editor and translator[2] of Japanese language and literature.[3] He was also a teacher.[4]
Awards and recognition edit
Danly's awards include:
- Class of 1923 Award at the University of Michigan for outstanding teaching of undergraduates in 1984.[5]
- The 1982 National Book Award for his translation[6] of ‘In the Shade of Spring Leaves: The Life and Writings of Higuchi Ichiyo; A Woman of Letters in Meiji Japan.'[7]
- 1983–84 National Endowment of the Humanities grant.[8]
- Establishment (in 2006) of the 1969 a Memorial Travel Fellowship in his name[9] which is given to Yale University undergraduate students pursuing studying and researching in Japan over the summer. It is made possible through the generosity of Malcolm M. Brown, M.D.[10][11]
References edit
- ^ Sharf, Robert. "Phyllis Birnbaum To Give 2nd Annual Robert L. Danly Memorial Lecture" (PDF). www.lsa.umich.edu.
- ^ "Prof. of Japanese Robert Lyons Danly died April 27 at age 50". University of Michigan News. May 2, 1997. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ "Robert Lyons Danly Memoir". www.lib.umich.edu.
- ^ "Robert Danly, 50, Translator of Japanese (Published 1997)". The New York Times. May 3, 1997. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ "Memoir | Faculty History Project". faculty-history.dc.umich.edu. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ Tribune, Chicago (May 2, 1997). "ROBERT LYONS DANLY". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ Bach, Faith (Winter 1982). "Danly, 'In the Shade of Spring Leaves: the Life and Writings of Higuchi Ichiyo, a Woman of Letters in Meiji Japan' (Book Review)". Western Humanities Review. 36 (4): 361. ProQuest 1291807403.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (1988). National Endowment for the Humanities ... Annual Report. The Endowment.
- ^ "Yale Bulletin and Calendar". archives.news.yale.edu. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ "Yale Student Grants and Fellowships – Robert Lyons Danly 1969 Memorial Travel Fellowship". yale.communityforce.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
- ^ "Program of the 1984 Convention of the Modern Language Association of America". PMLA. 99 (6): 1051–1216. 1984. JSTOR 462112.
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