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| First Name |
David
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| Last Name |
Hawkes
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| Birthday |
6th July, 1923
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| Birthplace |
London, England
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| Died |
31st July, 2009
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| Place of Death |
Oxford, England
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| Zodiac Sign |
Cancer
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation |
Translator
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David Hawkes (6 July 1923 – 31 July 2009) was a British sinologist and translator. After being introduced to Japanese through codebreaking during the Second World War, Hawkes studied Chinese and Japanese at Oxford University between 1945 and 1947 before studying at Peking University from 1948 to 1951. He then returned to Oxford, where he completed his D.Phil. and later became Shaw Professor of Chinese.
In 1971, Hawkes resigned his position to focus entirely on his translation of the famous Chinese novel The Story of the Stone (also known as Dream of the Red Chamber), which was published in three volumes between 1973 and 1980.
He retired in 1984 to rural Wales before returning to Oxford in his final years.
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