Motoyuki Shibata

Motoyuki Shibata is an essayist and translator of American literature who teaches at the University of Tokyo. He has translated works by Paul Auster (『孤独の発明』The Invention of Solitude), Steven Millhauser (『ナイフ投げ師』The Knife Thrower), Stuart Dybek (『シカゴ育ち』The Coast of Chicago), Richard Powers (『舞踏会へ向かう三人の農夫』Three Farmers on Their Way to a Dance), among others.