Author:Arthur David Waley

Arthur David Waley
(1889–1966)

CH; noted English Orientalist and translator; widely recognized for his many translations of Japanese and Chinese literature into English

Arthur David Waley

Works

  • The Poet Li Po (1919)
  • Japanese Poetry: The 'Uta' (1919) (external scan)
  • The Nō Plays of Japan (1922) IA
  • Zen Buddhism and Its Relation to Art (1922) IA
  • Introduction to the Study of Chinese Painting (1923) IA
  • The Year Book of Oriental Art and Culture 1924-1925 (1925) IA 1, IA 2
  • Dream of the Red Chamber (preface by Arthur Waley, 1929)
  • A Catalogue of Paintings Recovered From Tun-Huang by Sir Aurel Stein, K.C.I.E. (1931) IA
  • The Travels of an Alchemist (1931) IA
  • The Book of Songs (1937)
  • The Analects of Confucius (1938) IA
  • Three Ways of Thought in Ancient China (1939) IA
  • Translations from the Chinese (1941)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2037 due to Renewal R446765
  • Monkey (1943)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2039 due to Renewal R490365 IA
  • The Adventures of Monkey (1944)—Copyrighted in the United States until 2040 due to Renewal R522247

Translations from Chinese

Translations from Japanese

Some or all works by this author are in the public domain in the United States because they were published before January 1, 1930.


This author died in 1966, so works by this author are in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 58 years or less. These works may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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