Polly Barton (author)
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]
- Winner of English PEN Translates award 2020, for translating There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job.[5]
- Longlisted for the 2022 Ondaatje prize for Fifty Sounds.[6]
- Shortlisted for the 2022 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Prize for Fifty Sounds.[7]
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.
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