Listen "Empowering Women’s Voice through Translating Japanese Fiction"
Episode Synopsis
Contemporary Japanese Women’s writing is experiencing a “boom” in translation, with special interest from younger generations. How has this “boom” happened, and who created this landscape?Dr Nozomi Lynette Uematsu from the School of East Asian Studies is joined by translators Ginny Tapley Takemori and Allison Markin Powell from the Strong Women, Soft Power collective and Kristen Vida Alfaro, Director of Tilted Axis, an independent publisher to discuss the provision and sales of Japanese women’s writing in translation.
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