David Hawkes (1923- ) is a British Sinologist. He studied Chinese at Oxford University between 1945 and 1947 and was a research student at the National Peking University from 1948 to 1951. He was Professor of Chinese at Oxford from 1959 until 1971. From 1973 to 1983, he was a Research Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, of which he is currently an Emeritus Fellow. The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford in England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... All Souls College (in full: The College of All Souls of the Faithful Departed, of Oxford) is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. ...
David Hawkes translated the poetry anthology The Songs of the South in 1959. His A Little Primer of Tu Fu is an authoritative study and translation of the Tang poet Du Fu. His most important translated work is The Story of the Stone (also known as The Dream of the Red Chamber). Portrait of Qu Yuan, the central figure of Chu Ci, by Australian Chinese artist Zhang Cuiying Chu Ci (Simplified Chinese: 楚辞; Traditional Chinese: 楚辞; Pinyin chǔ cí), also known as Songs of the South or Songs of Chu, is an anthology of Chinese poems by Qu Yuan and Song Yu... Tang could refer to: Tang Dynasty of China Tang (Shang dynasty ruler) Transliteration of Chinese family names such as å”,湯,鄧,é‚“,滕 Tang Clan of Hong Kong, the first inhabitants to leave China and settle in Hong Kong. ... Du Fu or Tu Fu (712–770) was a prominent Chinese poet during the Tang Dynasty. ... A Dream of the Red Chamber (Traditional Chinese: 紅樓夢; Simplified Chinese: 红楼梦; pinyin: hóng lóu mèng), also known as A Dream of Red Mansions, The Story of the Stone or Chronicles of the Stone (Chinese: 石é 記; pinyin: shà tóu jì) is one of the masterpieces of Chinese fiction and...
David Hawkes' translations include:
Ch'u Tz'u: the Songs of the South, an Ancient Chinese Anthology. (1959, revised 1985)
A Little Primer of Tu Fu. (1967)
The Story of the Stone: a Chinese Novel in Five Volumes. (1973–1980. Hawkes was responsible for volumes 1–3)
Liu Yi and the Dragon Princess. (Arias published in 2001, now to be published in entirety).
Other works include:
The Story of the Stone: a Translator's Notebooks.
Chinese: Classical Modern, and Humane
Classical, Modern and Humane: Essays in Chinese Literature.
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