Bester, John, 1927-2010 (Personal Name)

Inoue, Y. Flood, 1964: t.p. (John Bester) p. 196 (b. Aug. 1927)

Miyazawa, Kenji. Winds and wildcat places, 1967: title page (John Bester)

Miyazawa, Kenji, 1896-1933. Once and forever, 2018: CIP t.p. (translated by John Bester) data view (John Bester (1927-2010) was a renowned translator of Japanese fiction, including Masuji Ibuse's Black Rain, Kenzaburo Oe's The Silent Cry, and Yukio Mishima's Acts of Worship: Seven Stories, for which he received the Noma Award for the Translation of Japanese Literature)

Wikipedia, 2018-05-02: (John Bester (1927-2010, born and educated in England, was one of the foremost translators of modern Japanese fiction. He was a graduate of the University of London's School of Oriental and African Studies)