Translator. This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Howard Goldblatt, an American translator of Chinese literature including the works of Nobel Prize in Literature winner Mo Yan. The papers contain Goldblatt’s correspondence with authors, editors, and publishing houses from across Mainland China, Taiwan, and elsewhere; drafts of Goldblatt’s many translations; and notes created during his translation work. Goldblatt’s personal library of over 7,000 volumes is also held by the Chinese Literature Translation Archive.