Red Pine (author)

Red Pine
Born
Bill Porter

(1943-10-03) October 3, 1943
Los Angeles, California, United States
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Columbia University
Occupations
  • Author
  • translator
  • sinologist
ChildrenRed Cloud (son, born 1982)
Iris (daughter, born 1987)
ParentArnold Porter (father)
Chinese name
Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChì Sōng

Bill Porter (born October 3, 1943) is an American author who translates under the pen-name Red Pine (Chinese: 赤松; pinyin: Chì Sōng). He is a translator of Chinese texts, primarily Taoist and Buddhist, including poetry and sūtras. In 2018, he won the American Academy of Arts & Letters Thornton Wilder Prize for translation.