Robert Lyons Danly

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

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
  1. Sharf, Robert. "Phyllis Birnbaum To Give 2nd Annual Robert L. Danly Memorial Lecture" (PDF). www.lsa.umich.edu.
  2. "Prof. of Japanese Robert Lyons Danly died April 27 at age 50". University of Michigan News. May 2, 1997. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  3. "Robert Lyons Danly Memoir". www.lib.umich.edu.
  4. "Robert Danly, 50, Translator of Japanese (Published 1997)". The New York Times. May 3, 1997. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  5. "Memoir | Faculty History Project". faculty-history.dc.umich.edu. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  6. Tribune, Chicago (May 2, 1997). "ROBERT LYONS DANLY". chicagotribune.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  7. 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.
  8. Humanities, National Endowment for the (1988). National Endowment for the Humanities ... Annual Report. The Endowment.
  9. "Yale Bulletin and Calendar". archives.news.yale.edu. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  10. "Yale Student Grants and Fellowships – Robert Lyons Danly 1969 Memorial Travel Fellowship". yale.communityforce.com. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  11. "Program of the 1984 Convention of the Modern Language Association of America". PMLA. 99 (6): 1051–1216. 1984. JSTOR 462112.


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