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Ginny Tapley Takemori

Ginny Tapley Takemori
Ginny Tapley Takemori lives in rural Japan and has translated fiction by more than a dozen early modern and contemporary Japanese writers, ranging from such early literary giants as Izumi Kyoka and Okamoto Kido, to contemporary bestsellers Ryu Murakami and Miyabe Miyuki.


A New Translation of Grave of the Fireflies Commemorates 80 Years Since the End of WWII

Ginny Tapley Takemori on the Realities of War and Translating for a New Audience
September 4, 2025  By Ginny Tapley Takemori
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