Moss Roberts

"MOSS ROBERTS Came to NYU as Assistant Professor of Chinese in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literature (now Near Eastern Studies) after serving for two years as assistant professor in the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida. Professor Roberts has translated the classic novel Three Kingdoms, published by University of California Press in both unabridged (California, 1991, 2000, copublished with Foreign Languages Press) and abridged (California, 1999) editions. He is also the editor and translator of Chinese Fairy Tales and Fantasies (1979).

Ph.D. 1966 (Chinese), Columbia
M.A. 1960 (English), Columbia
B.A. 1958, Columbia

Areas of Research/Interest
Classical Chinese language, literature and philosophy, Modern and Contemporary History."