Juliet Winters Carpenter: key obituary facts
Is Juliet Winters Carpenter dead? Yes. Juliet Winters Carpenter died on May 1, 2026, at age 77.
Cause of death: Juliet Winters Carpenter's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Juliet Winters Carpenter known for?
She was known as American translator.
More about Juliet Winters Carpenter
Born: 31 December 1948.
Place of birth: Ann Arbor.
Gender: female.
Occupation: linguist, translator, japanologist, university teacher.
Nationality: United States.
Education: University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts.
Employer: Kobe College, Doshisha Women's College of Liberal Arts.
Juliet Winters Carpenter, an American translator, died on May 1, 2026.
She was a translator of modern Japanese literature whose fiction and nonfiction translations won numerous awards. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 1948, she studied Japanese literature at the University of Michigan and at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies in Tokyo.
After completing her graduate studies in 1973, she returned to Japan in 1975, where she worked in translation and teaching. Carpenter was professor emerita at Doshisha Women’s College of Liberal Arts in Kyoto and was involved in the Japanese Literature Publishing Project, which translated and published Japanese books overseas.
Juliet Winters Carpenter (May 10, 1948 – May 1, 2026) was an American translator of modern Japanese literature. Her translations of fiction and non-fiction have won many awards.