Polly Barton | |
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Born | London, England |
Alma mater | University of Cambridge; SOAS University of London |
Occupation(s) | Translator and writer |
Awards | English 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. [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]
Born and raised in west London, England, Barton studied philosophy at the University of Cambridge. [4] She travelled to Japan to teach English as part of the JET Program. [5] She also holds an MA degree in the Theory and Practice of Translation from SOAS University of London. [4]
In 2025, Barton founded the festival Translated By, Bristol, which celebrates translation and translated literature. [6]
As translator: