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John Bester

Born

January 01, 1927

Died

January 01, 2010

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John Bester (1927–2010) was a renowned translator of Japanese fiction, including Masuji Ibuse’s Black Rain, Kenzaburo Oe’s The Silent Cry, and Yukio Mishima’s Acts of Worship: Seven Stories, for which he received the Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature.

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	Sun & Steel by Yukio Mishima, John Bester (Translator) 3.83 avg rating — 9,149 ratings — published 1968 — 14 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Black Rain by Masuji Ibuse, John Bester (Translator) 3.99 avg rating — 4,642 ratings — published 1965 — 58 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Silent Cry by Kenzaburō Ōe, John Bester (translator) 3.84 avg rating — 4,708 ratings — published 1967 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Night Train to the Stars by Kenji Miyazawa, John Bester (Translator) 3.76 avg rating — 4,644 ratings — published 1934	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi, John Bester (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 3,433 ratings — published 1957 — 43 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Confessions of a Yakuza: A Life in Japan's Underworld by Junichi Saga, John Bester (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 3,311 ratings — published 1989 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Quickest Copywriting Crash Course: Learn to Write Effective Copy in Minutes! it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Japanese Art: The Great European Collections : The British Library, the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, Victoria & Albert Museum by John Bester (Translator), Tadashi Kobayashi 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1996	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Know Your Japanese: A Translator's Overview (Power Japanese International Series) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Drift 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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