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Avery Fischer Udagawa is a translator of children's books from Japanese.
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Avery Fischer Udagawa is a translator of children's books from Japanese.
Udagawa grew up in Kansas and studied English and Asian Studies at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. She studied at Nanzan University, Nagoya, on a Fulbright Fellowship, and at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama, later earning an MA in Advanced Japanese Studies from The University of Sheffield. She writes, translates, and works in international education near Bangkok. [1] She is a campaigner for literary translation, and literary translators, especially with the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators. [2]
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