Draft:Alexander Dolin

• Comment: In addition to the above, need to trim his works down to the 5 most cited/notable. Also, see MOS:DOCTOR. S0091 (talk) 18:48, 31 May 2025 (UTC)

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Alexander Dolin

Alexander Dolin (b.1949) — prominent Russian Japanologist, prolific researcher and translator of classic and modern Japanese poetry. Dr. Dolin graduated from the Oriental Languages College of Moscow State University in 1971 and started his academic career at the Russian Academy of Sciences(Institute of Oriental Studies). There he received a PhD degree in Japanese Literature. In 1992 Dr. Dolin moved to Japan where he worked as a Professor of Comparative Literature at Tokyo University of Foreign Studies for twelve years. In 2004 he was invited to the Akita International University as a Professor of Japanese Literature and Comparative Culture. In 2017, having completed his career in Japan as Professor Emeritus at AIU, Dr. Dolin moved back to Russia and was welcomed there as a Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture at the School of Asian Studies, National Research University Higher School of Economics (Moscow).

Dr. Dolin is the author of a number of comprehensive monographs on Japanese and Russian literature and culture, including "Slaves of the Promised Land (Yakusoku no chi no dorei)", "History of New Japanese Poetry in 4 Volumes", "The Silver Age of Japanese Poetry", "The Bronze Age of Japanese Poetry", "The Fading Golden Age of Japanese Poetry", "Kempo – Ostasiatische Kampsportarten", "Russian Messiahnism" et al. In 2022, Dr. Dolin published his magnum opus — "Great Library of Japanese Poetry in 8 volumes" (in Russian).

His works on Japanese and Russian literature, culture, religion and society, as well as on world civilizations, were variously issued in Russian, German, English and Japanese. He has also published over 40 books of translations of numerous masterpieces from classical and modern Japanese literature., especially a great variety of anthologies and individual collections introducing Japanese poetry from the ancient times to present day. In 1995, he was awarded the Special Contribution to Culture Prize by the All-Japan Translators' Association for his academic and poetic translation into Russian of the Kokinwakashu immortal anthology (X c.). Union of Russian Writers awarded Dr. Dolin with a Medal of Honor For the Development of International Cultural Collaboration. In Russia, Dr. Dolin is also acknowledged as the author of several comprehensive books on Oriental Martial Arts. He is also recognized as a poet and a writer in his own right, who has published several books of poetry and prose. As a whole, Dr. Dolin is an author and a translator of more than 70 books.

Selected Works

Original Works

1. Japanese Romanticism and the Rise of New Poetry. Moscow, Nauka Publishers. 1978. [in Russian]
2. Essays on Modern Japanese Poetry. Moscow, Nauka Publishers. 1984. [in Russian with English Summary]
3. Bibliography of Japan / A. Dolin, N. Leschenko, M. Soutyagina, A.Melnikov. Moscow, Nauka Publishers. 1984. [Translated into Japanese and published in Japan]
4. The Soul of Japan – Past and Present / edited by A. Dolin. Moscow, Nauka Publishers. 1989.
5. Kempo – Die Kunst des Kampfes (Ostasiatische Kampfsportarten: Geschichte und Philosophie). Berlin, Sport Verlag. 1989. [in German]
6. Traditions of Chinese Wushu Martial Arts / A. Dolin, G. Popov. Moscow, Prometei Publishers. 1989. [in Russian]
7. Kempo – The Tradition of Martial Arts. Moscow,  Nauka Publishers. 1990. [in Russian]
8. The Sources of Chinese Wushu / A. Dolin, A. Maslov. Moscow, Moskovsky Rabochy Publishers. 1990. [in Russian]
9. New Japanese Poetry. Moscow, Nauka Publishers. 1990. [in Russian  with English summary]
10. Slaves of the Promised Land [約束の地の奴隷]. Tokyo, Chuokoron publishers. 1991. [in Japanese]
11. Kampftechnik – Oriental Methods of Physical and Mental Self-Perfection in Daily Life / A. Dolin, H. Iwaki. Berlin, Sport Verlag. 1992. [in German]
12. Moscow – The Doomed City [生贄の都モスクワ]. Tokyo, Yamate shobo shinsha Publishers. 1992. [in Japanese]
13. A Prophet in His Own Land. Moscow, Russian Academy of Sciences, Nasledie, Institute of the World Literature
14. Press. 2002. [in Russian with English and Japanese summary]
15. History of New Japanese Poetry. Tanka, Haiku, Kindaishi. In 4 Vol. St. Petersburg, Hyperion. 2007. [in Russian with English and Japanese summaries]
16. Kempo – Spiritual Sources of East-Asian Martial Arts. Moscow, Ippolitov Publishers. 2008. [in Russian with English summary]
17. The Silver Age of Japanese Poetry – Romanticism and Symbolism. Akita International University Press, 2010. [in English]
18. A Lonely Splash. Poetry Collection. St. Petersburg, Hyperion. 2010. [in Russian]
19. The Bronze Age of Japanese Poetry – the Surge of Modernism. Akita International University Press, 2013. [in English]
20. The Fading Golden Age of Japanese Poetry – Tanku and Haiku in the New Times. Akita International University Press, 2014. [in English]
21. Sutra of Mountains and Rivers (Selected Poetic Works in Russian and Japanese). St. Petersburg, Hyperion. 2014.
22. Japanese Ark (under a penname). Moscow. Silver Words. 2018. [in Russian]
23. Rustle of Bamboo (Selected Poetic Works in Russian, English and Japanese). Moscow, Vodoley. 2020.
24. Russian Messiahnism. St. Petersburg,  Aleteya. 2022. [in Russian with English summary]
25. Japanese Culture in the West / edited by A. Dolin.  Moscow, Russian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Oriental Studies. 2025. [in Russian]

Major Translations

1. Keene, D. World Within Walls / transl. by A. Dolin, I. Lvova, T. Dobrovolskaya. Moscow,  Nauka Publishers. 1979.
2. From the Modern Japanese Poetry (Early Postwar Gendaishi Poetry). Moscow, Progress Publishers. 1981.
3. Tanka and Verse (inbun) in the Complete Translation of "The Tale of Heike"/ prose translated by I. Lvova, poems translated by A. Dolin. Moscow, Khudojestvennaya Literatura.1982.
4. Tanka in the Complete Translation of "The Undemanded Tale" by Lady Nijo / prose translated by I. Lvova, poems translated by A. Dolin. Moscow, Nauka Publishers. 1984.
5. Tanizaki Junichiro. The Story of Shunkin and Tatoo. Moscow,  Khudojestvennaya Literatura. 1987.
6. Voices of the Things (an anthology of modern Japanese gendaishi poetry with introduction and commentary). Moscow, Raduga Publishers. 1989.
7. Moonshade (selected translations from the kindaishi, tanka and haiku poetry with academic commentary). Moscow, Nauka Publishers. 1991.
8. Kokinwakashu (complete poetic translation with parallel texts, verbal translation, academic commentary and introduction). In 3 Vol. Moscow, Raduga Publishers. 1995.
9. The Wind in the Pines (classical tanka poetry of the Edo period with academic commentary). St. Petersburg, Hyperion Publishers. 1998.
10. The Red Camellia (folk poetry and songs of the Edo period with academic commentary). St. Petersburg, Hyperion Publishers. 1998.
11. The Old Pond (classic haiku of the Edo period with academic commentary). St. Petersburg, Hyperion Publishers. 1999.
12. The Yamabuki Flowers (classical haiku of the Meiji-Taisho period with academic commentary). St Petersburg, Hyperion Publishers. 1999.
13. The Crimson Peonies (classical tanka of the Meiji-Taisho periods with academic commentary). St. Petersburg, Hyperion Publishers. 2000.      .
14. Masaoka Shiki. Selected Poetry and Literary Criticism (with academic commentary). St. Petersburg, Hyperion Publishers, 2000.
15. Taneda Santoka. Selected Poetry and Prose (with academic commentary). St. Petersburg, Hyperion Publishers. 2002.
16. Tsujii Takashi. The Persistance of Memory. St. Petersburg, Hyperion Publishers. 2003.
17. Japanese poetry of the Meiji-Taisho-Early Showa Period. St. Petersburg, Azbooka. 2004.
18. Suzuki Daisetsu. Zen Buddhism and Its Influence on Japanese Culture (with introduction, commentary and selection of classic Japanese Zen poetry). St. Petersburg, Triada. 2004.
19. Osaragi Jiro. The Ronins from Ako. In 2 Vol. (with introductory article on Bushido and academic commentary). St. Petersburg, Hyperion. 2006.
20. Azuchi Satoshi. Supermarket. St Petersburg, Azbooka-classica. 2009.
21. Love Songs. (the early medieval tanka lyrical poetry). Moscow, Exmo Publishers. 2009.
22. Masterpieces of Classic Japanese Poetry (8-19 cc.). Moscow, Exmo Publishers, 2010.
23. Basho and the Golden Age of Haiku. Moscow, Exmo Publishers, 2010.
24. Songs of the Geishas. Moscow,  Exmo Publishers. 2011.
25. Travelers in Eternity (classical Japanese poetry of wandering). St. Petersburg, Hyperion. 2012.
26. Ishii Rogetsu. A Moon in a Dewdrop: Selected Haiku. Akita International  University Press, 2013.
27. Japanese Classical Poetry of the New Times. Moscow, Russian State University for Humanities Press. 2013.
28. Tsushima Yuko. The Laughing Wolf. St. Petersburg, Hyperion. 2014.
29. Ryokan. A Measure of Rice Cabin (selected poems and prose). St. Petersburg, Hyperion. 2014.
30. Nishimura Kyotaro.  Southern Kamui Island (collection of stories). St Petersburg, Hyperion. 2014.
31. Songs of the Autumn Wind (Meiji-Taisho-Early Showa tanka and haiku anthology). St. Petersburg, Hyperion. 2015.
32. Autumn Fields – a Bilingual Haiku Anthology. Akita International University Press, 2016.
33. Flickering Lightings (Medieval Japanese Buddhist poetry). St. Petersburg, Hyperion. 2020.
34. Petals in the Wind  (Japanese Classical Poetry of VII-XVII cc.). St. Petersburg, Azbooka. 2020.
35. Flowers, Birds, Wind and Moon (Early Medieval Japanese poetry). St, Petersburg, Azbooka. 2020.
36. Wisteria Bunches: Tanka, Haiku and Kindaishi of the Japanese Silver Age. Moscow, Russian University for Humanities Publishing house. 2020.
37. In the Realm of Dreams (Japanese Classical Poetry of the Edo Period). St. Petersburg, Azbooka. 2021.
38. Maples in the Autumn Mountains  (Japanese Poetry of the Late XIX-early XX cc.). St. Petersburg, Azbooka. 2022.
39. Thirteen Centuries of Japanese Poetry. Moscow, Inostranka. 2022.
40. Great Library of Japanese Poetry. In 8 Vol. (classic and modern Japanese poetry V-XX cc.). Moscow, Nauka.  2022.
41. World in a Dewdrop. Haiku Anthology: Spring-Summer. St. Petersburg, Azbooka. 2024.
42. World in a Raindrop. Haiku Anthology: Autumn-Winter. St. Petersburg, Azbooka. 2024.

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