Polly BartonPolly Barton is a literary translator and writer. Her translations from Japanese to English include Butter by Asako Yuzuki, The Woman Dies and Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda, and There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura. Her nglish-language translation of Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025. Barton has written the books Fifty Sounds and Porn: An Oral History, both published by Fitzcarraldo Editions, and her debut novel What am I, a Deer? comes out in 2026. Read More Read Less