Kyoko Iriye Selden (Japanese: 入江 恭子, 1936–2013) was a Japanese scholar of Japanese language and literature and a translator.[1]
Kyoko Iriye was born in Tokyo. Her father was a journalist reporting from Paris and Shanghai, and her mother was an English teacher. She attended Seikei High School, and wrote a thesis on Wordsworth at the University of Tokyo, before studying English Literature on a Fulbright ScholarshipatYale University. She taught at Cornell University for twenty-five years, and was a literary translator. She was married to Mark Selden, with whom she had three children and four grandchildren.[2]
Translations into English of Fiction, History, Biography, Early Childhood Education, and Art
Also known as the Kyoko Selden Translation Prize, this was established in 2014, with contributions from colleagues and friends, to honor Kyoko Iriye Selden's scholarly legacy. The prize is awarded to translations that are at the unpublished stage, to support and encourage translation and publication of Japanese language materials across a broad range.
2021 Winners
2020 Competition cancelled
2019 Winner
2018 Winners
Honorable Mention: Chapter Four of Ishimure Michiko's historical novel about the Shimabara Rebellion, Birds of Spirit (Anima no tori, 1999) - translated by Bruce Allen 2017 Winners
2016 Winner
2015 Winner
2014 Winners