after Cao's death and whose authenticity has long been debated, were later translated by Hawkes' son-in-law, the British sinologist John Minford. Retirement Hawkes formally retired from Chinese scholarship in 1984 and relocated with his wife to Wales, donating his 4,500-volume Chinese book collection to the National Library of Wales. He and his wife cultivated a large garden and raised goats, while Hawkes focused his personal studies on the history of religion and learning the Welsh language. His only subsequent Chinese publication was a small translation of a Yuan dynasty drama entitled Liu Yi and the Dragon Princess, published in 2003. Hawkes was a severe critic of organized religion in his later life, and in 2004 edited a series of his essays into a small volume entitled Letters from a Godless Grandfather, which was published privately in Hong Kong. He was a vocal critic of Israel's treatment of Palestinians and of British and American military involvement in the Middle East, and participated in several protest marches. Hawkes died in Oxford on 31 July 2009, aged 86. Selected works Hawkes, David (1955). "The Problem of Date and Authorship of Ch'u Tz'u". D.Phil. dissertation (Oxford University). 2nd edition (1985). ——— and John Minford, trans. (1973–86). The Story of the Stone: A Chinese Novel in Five Volumes. London, New York: Penguin Books. ——— The Story of the Stone: a Translator's Notebooks. Hong Kong: Lingnan University, 2000. ———, trans. (2003). Liu Yi and the Dragon Princess: A Thirteenth-Century Zaju Play by Shang Zhongxian. Hong Kong: Chinese University Press. References Citations Sources Works cited External links David Hawkes David Hawkes Archive (霍克思資料庫) Digitised Collections, The Chinese University of Hong Kong 1923 births 2009 deaths Chinese–English translators British sinologists Shaw Professors of Chinese Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford 20th-century translators British expatriates in China