Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda

Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda (b. 1987) is a Japanese to English literary translator based in New York City. Born in Tokyo, raised in Texas, she received her B.A. from Wesleyan University and her Ph.D. from UC Berkeley. With Allison Markin Powell, she is the co-translator of Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s Kappa (New Directions, 2023). Her translation of Yuko Tsushima’s Wildcat Dome is forthcoming with Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 2024.