Bin Ueda ( Japanese 上 田 敏 , October 30, 1874, Tokyo , Japan - July 9, 1916, ibid.) - Japanese poet, critic and translator. The real name is Yanagimura Ueda ( 上 田 柳 村 ).
| Bean ueda | |
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| jap. 上 田 敏 | |
 Bean ueda | |
| Birth name | Yanagimur Oueda |
| Aliases | Bean ueda |
| Date of Birth | |
| Place of Birth | Tokyo Japan |
| Date of death | |
| A place of death | Tokyo Japan |
| Citizenship |  Japan |
| Occupation | poet , literary critic , translator |
| Years of creativity | 1899-1916 |
| Direction | haiku , shintaysi |
| Genre | poetry |
| Language of Works | Japanese |
| Debut | Jesus (1899) |
Biography
Yanagimura Ueda was born on October 30, 1874 in Tokyo, Japan. In the 80s of the XIX century, he took an active part in the work of literary societies that formed at Tokyo Imperial University . He knew classic Japanese literature . After the death of his teacher Kitamura Tokoku in 1894, he became editor in the magazine Bungakukai (Literary World). While studying at the university, he took the pseudonym Bean Ueda, learned English and French , became acquainted with the European poetic tradition. He completed his education under the leadership of Lafcadio Hearn .
In the first years after graduation, he learned German and Italian , mastered Latin . He translated the works of Robert Browning , Dante Alighieri , Gabriel Rossetti and Heinrich Heine into Japanese . He took an active part in the literary discussion, which was conducted in the metropolitan press at the beginning of the 20th century.
He was the first to translate into Japanese the works of Charles Baudelaire and Gabriel D'Annunzio , as well as European symbols - Paul Verlaine , Stefan Mallarmé , Georges Rodenbach , Emil Verharn and Maurice Meterlink . In 1905, his translations of the Symbolists were published in a separate collection entitled “The Sound of the Tide” ( 海潮音 ).
The result of his translation activities was the spread in Japanese poetry of the "new style" ( Shintaisi ), which appeared in the Meiji era. His favorite poets were Charles-Marie-Rene Leconte de Lille , Jose Marie de Heredia and Francois Coppe . The contribution of Bean Ueda as an original poet in the history of Japanese literature is inferior to his significance as a translator.
In 1908, he went to study in Paris . After returning to Japan, he got a teaching position at Kyoto University . Two years later, he took the position of adviser in the Department of Literary Studies at Keio University .
Bean Ueda died suddenly on July 9, 1916 in his apartment in Tokyo, at the age of 41. The cause of death was kidney disease.
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ 1 2 International Music Score Library Project - 2006.
Links
- The works of Bean Ueda . Aozora.gr.jp. - Poems and translations. Date of treatment August 4, 2014. (Japanese)