Davisson, Zack
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Name (Latin)
Davisson, Zack
Name (Arabic)
دافيسون، زاك
Date of birth
1972-08-15
Associated country
Japan
Place of residence/headquarters
Fullerton (Calif.)
Seattle (Wash.)
Field of activity
Publishers and publishing
Japanese folklore
Japanese language--Translating into English
Associate group
Drawn and Quarterly
Drawn and Quarterly (2012)
Occupation
Authors
Folklorists
Translators
Blogger
Associated Language
eng jpn
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
VIAF:
4284155345598406430002
Wikidata:
Q99526939
Library of congress:
no2014028242
OCoLC:
oca09695300
Sources of Information
- Mizuki, Shigeru. Showa, 2013:t.p. (translation by Zack Davisson)
- His Facebook page, Feb. 28, 2014(Zack Davisson; male; hometown: Fullerton, Calif.; current city: Seattle, Wash.; languages: Japanese and English)
- His blog, Feb. 28, 2014(Zack Davisson is a translator, writer, and scholar of Japanese folklore and ghosts; born on August 15th; lived in Japan for seven years, where he completed his Master's thesis on yūrei and wrote for various publications, including the Osaka City Guide; now lives in Seattle, Wash.)
- His LinkedIn page, Feb. 28, 2014(Zack Davisson; Greater Seattle area; translator at Drawn and Quarterly, 2012-present; founder and webmaster of Hyakumonogatari Kaidankai, a website dedicated to translating kaidan, Japanese stories of the weird and ghostly, 2008-present; freelance writer at Comics Bulletin, 2009-present; education: Master of Arts, Japanese Language and Society, University of Sheffield; Bachelor of Arts in Art, Fine Art, Cornish College of the Arts)
- LAC internal file, December 7, 2020(access point: Davisson, Zack)
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Zack Davisson Smiling
Zack Davisson, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Zack Davisson, CC BY-SA 4.0
Wikipedia description:
Zack Davisson (born August 15, 1972) is an American writer, lecturer, and translator, especially known for translating the works of Shigeru Mizuki, Leiji Matsumoto, Go Nagai, Satoshi Kon, and Gou Tanabe. He is also well known for his works on Japanese folklore and ghosts. In 2015, Davisson wrote his first book, Yurei: The Japanese Ghost. Davisson went on to translate the works of Shigeru Mizuki, a popular Japanese manga artist and historian, into English. Davisson has cited Japanese writer Lafcadio Hearn as an inspiration on his work.
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