Ginny Tapley Takemori

Ginny Tapley Takemori has translated fiction by more than a dozen early modern and contemporary Japanese writers, ranging from such early literary giants as Izumi Kyoka and Okamoto Kido to contemporary bestsellers Ryu Murakami and Miyabe Miyuki, and her translations have also appeared in Granta, Freeman’s, Words Without Borders, and a number of anthologies. Her translation of Sayaka Murata’s Akutagawa prizewinning novel Convenience Store Woman was awarded the 2020-2021 Lindsey and Masao Miyoshi Prize and shortlisted for the 2019 Indies Choice and Best Translated Book Awards. Her translations of Kyoko Nakajima’s Naoki prizewinning The Little House was published in February 2019, and Sayaka Murata’s Earthlings in 2020.