Royall Tyler (academic), Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Royall Tyler (academic)

Japanese-English translator

Date of Birth: 10-Dec-1936

Place of Birth: London

Profession: translator

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Royall Tyler (born 1936) is a scholar and translator of Japanese literature.
A descendant of the American playwright Royall Tyler (1757–1826), he was born in London, England, grew up in the United States and, during his high school years, France.
He has a B.A.
in Far Eastern Languages from Harvard University and a Ph.D.
in Japanese literature from Columbia University.
Between 1990 and retirement in 2000 he taught at the Australian National University in Canberra.
Earlier, he taught at Ohio State, the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and the University of Oslo, Norway.
He lives in rural New South Wales.