Polly Barton (author)

Polly Barton
Born
London, England
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge;
SOAS University of London
Occupation(s)Translator and writer
AwardsEnglish PEN Translates award, 2020

Polly Barton is a British writer and translator of Japanese to English. She is the author of two non-fiction books, Fifty Sounds and Porn: An Oral History, and has translated numerous titles of Japanese literature and non-fiction. 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.

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