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Polly Barton

Polly Barton
Polly Barton is a translator of Japanese literature and nonfiction, currently based in Bristol, UK. Her book-length translations include Friendship for Grown-Ups by Nao-cola Yamazaki, Mikumari by Misumi Kubo and Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki. She has translated short stories for Words Without Borders, The White Review, and Granta. After being awarded the 2019 Fitzcarraldo Editions Essay Prize, she is currently working on a nonfiction book entitled Fifty Sounds.


How Does Language During Sex Translate Across Cultures?

Polly Barton on the Way We Communicate in the Bedroom
March 22, 2022  By Polly Barton
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On Aoko Matsuda’s Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change

Polly Barton Reads Where the Wild Ladies Are
October 21, 2020  By Polly Barton
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