John Nathan

John Weil Nathan (born March 1940) is an American translator, writer, scholar, filmmaker, and Japanologist. His translations from Japanese into English include the works of Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburō Ōe, Kōbō Abe, and Natsume Sōseki. Nathan is also an Emmy Award-winning producer, writer and director of many films about Japanese culture and society and American business. He is Professor Emeritus of Japanese Cultural Studies at the University of California, Santa Barbara.

John Nathan
Born
John Weil Nathan

March 1940 (age 84)
New York City, New York, U.S.
NationalityAmerican
Occupations
  • Translator
  • writer
  • scholar
  • filmmaker
Years active1960s–present
Known forJapanese translations and cultural studies
Spouses
Mayumi Oda
(m. 1962, divorced)
    Diane Siegelman
    (m. 1984)
    Children4
    Academic background
    Alma materHarvard University
    University of Tokyo
    Academic work
    InstitutionsPrinceton University
    University of California, Santa Barbara
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