Carlos Rojas (sinologist) explained

Carlos Rojas (born 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia)[1] is an American sinologist and translator. He is currently Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University's Trinity College of Arts & Sciences. He is a cultural historian and his work and teachings primarily focus on Chinese culture. He also teaches the subjects of film, gender, sexuality, and feminist studies. He received a B.A. from Cornell University in 1995 and a Ph.D. from Columbia University in 2000.[2] Before his professorship at Duke, Rojas was Assistant Professor of Modern Chinese Literature and Film at the University of Florida.[3] Rojas lives in Durham, North Carolina.[1]

Career

Carlos Rojas and Eileen Cheng-yin Chow translated Yu Hua's novel Brothers. Their translation was shortlisted for the 2008 Man Asian Literary Prize.[4] Rojas has also translated several books by Chinese novelist and short story writer Yan Lianke.[5] [6] [7] His translation of Yan Lianke's The Four Books was shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker International Prize.[8] Isabel Hilton of The Observer called it "impeccably" translated.[9] His translation of Yan Lianke's The Explosion Chronicles was longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize,[10] the 2017 Pen Translation Prize,[11] and the 2017 National Translation Award in Prose.[12] The Economist praised Rojas' "robust and well-paced translation."[13] The Guardian called his translation a "model of clarity."[14]

Rojas served on the jury of the 2015 Newman Prize for Chinese Literature and the 2020 Dream of the Red Chamber Award.

In 2010, Rojas published The Great Wall: A Cultural History through Harvard University Press. The book is a survey of the Great Wall of China and its function and significance. In it, Rojas examines allusions to the Wall from various historical texts and cultural works.[15] [16]

Selected bibliography

Books

Translations

As editor

Academic articles

Notes and References

  1. Web site: March 15, 2017 . The Man Booker International Prize 2017 Longlist Announced . October 7, 2020 . thebookerprizes.com.
  2. Web site: Carlos Rojas . October 7, 2020 . scholars.duke.edu.
  3. Web site: Writing Taiwan . Duke University Press.
  4. Web site: Ehrenreich . Ben . Ben Ehrenreich . February 1, 2009 . 'Brothers: A Novel' by Yu Hua . October 7, 2020 . Los Angeles Times.
  5. Web site: April 19, 2017 . The Explosion Chronicles interview . October 7, 2020 . thebookerprizes.com.
  6. Web site: Wasserstrom . Jeffrey . Jeffrey Wasserstrom . July 8, 2015 . On Yan Lianke's Fiction: Q & A with Translator and Literary Scholar Carlos Rojas . October 7, 2020 . BLARB . Los Angeles Review of Books.
  7. Web site: Oliver . Graham . September 26, 2016 . Translating China's Modern History: An Interview with Carlos Rojas . October 7, 2020 . blog.pshares.org.
  8. Web site: Cain . Sian . April 13, 2016 . 'Exhilarating' Man Booker International shortlist spans the world . October 7, 2020 . The Guardian.
  9. Web site: Hilton . Isabel . Isabel Hilton . March 29, 2015 . The Four Books review – Yan Lianke holds China to account for Maoist atrocities . October 7, 2020 . The Observer.
  10. Web site: Cain . Sian . March 15, 2017 . Amos Oz and Ismail Kadare named on Man Booker international prize longlist . October 7, 2020 . The Guardian.
  11. Web site: January 18, 2018 . 2017 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE . October 7, 2020 . PEN America.
  12. Web site: Announcing the 2017 National Translation Award Longlists for Poetry and Prose! . October 7, 2020 . American Literary Translators Association.
  13. News: October 13, 2016 . Build, and they will come . subscription . October 7, 2020 . The Economist.
  14. Web site: Hickling . Alfred . March 30, 2017 . The Explosion Chronicles by Yan Lianke review – boomtime in rural China . October 7, 2020 . The Guardian.
  15. Web site: Mills . Kerrie . February 15, 2011 . 'The Great Wall: A Cultural History' Explores the Imagination Wrought from the Very Structure . October 7, 2020 . PopMatters.
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  17. Cassel. Pär. 2012. Review of The Great Wall: A Cultural History. Pacific Affairs. 85. 2. 395–397. 0030-851X. 23266860.
  18. Wood. Frances. Frances Wood. August 2011. Review of The Great Wall: A Cultural History. The Journal of Asian Studies. en. 70. 3. 822–823. 10.1017/S0021911811001124. 163110409. 0021-9118.
  19. Fearnley. Lyle. 2017. Homesickness: Culture, Contagion and National Transformation in Modern China, written by Carlos Rojas. Asian Journal of Social Science. 45. 6. 794–795. 10.1163/15685314-04506010. 1568-4849.
  20. Wentao. Jiang. 2016-08-25. Homesickness: Culture, Contagion, and National Transformation in Modern China, written by Carlos Rojas. Journal of Chinese Humanities. 2. 2. 241–245. 10.1163/23521341-12340037. 2352-1333.
  21. Tsai. Chien-hsin. 2016-11-02. Homesickness: Culture, Contagion, and National Transformation in Modern China, written by Carlos Rojas. Journal of Chinese Overseas. 12. 2. 374–377. 10.1163/17932548-12341337. 1793-0391.

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