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

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

  • 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
  • Mild Vertigo, Mieko Kanai

Awards and honors

  • 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

  1. ^ "Polly Barton". www.torch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  2. ^ "Falling Straight Into Sound: An Interview with Polly Barton". CJLC. 2022-04-04. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  3. ^ "Polly Barton". Fitzcarraldo Editions. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  4. ^ "Polly Barton author information". BookBrowse.com. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  5. ^ "Nineteen PEN Translates awards go to titles from fifteen countries and thirteen languages". English Pen. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  6. ^ Mill, Chris (2022-04-06). "RSL Ondaatje Prize 2022 Longlist Announced". Royal Society of Literature. Retrieved 2023-05-26.
  7. ^ "Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards 2022". Travel Writing World. 2022-02-01. Retrieved 2023-05-26.