Polly Barton is a writer and translator. She has written two non-fiction books, Fifty Sounds and Porn: An Oral History, and translated numerous titles of Japanese literature and non-fiction.[1] Her translations have been featured in Granta, Catapult, and The White Review, and in 2019 she won the Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize for her non-fiction debut, Fifty Sounds.[2][3]
Life and career edit
Barton grew up in west London and studied philosophy at the University of Cambridge. She traveled to Japan to teach English as part of the JET Program.[4]
Bibliography edit
- Fifty Sounds (2021)
- Porn: An Oral History (2023)
As translator:
- Spring Garden, Tomoka Shibasaki
- There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job, Kikuko Tsumura
- So We Look to the Sky, Misumi Kubo
- Where the Wild Ladies Are, Aoko Matsuda
- Friendship for Grown-Ups, Naocola Yamazaki
- Mikumari, Misumi Kubo
- Butter, Asako Yuzuki
Awards and honors edit
References edit
- ^ "Polly Barton". www.torch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Falling Straight Into Sound: An Interview with Polly Barton". CJLC. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Polly Barton". Fitzcarraldo Editions. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Polly Barton author information". BookBrowse.com. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Nineteen PEN Translates awards go to titles from fifteen countries and thirteen languages". English Pen. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ Mill, Chris (2022-04-06). "RSL Ondaatje Prize 2022 Longlist Announced". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
- ^ "Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2022". Travel Writing World. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2023-05-26.