Support Program for Translation and Publication on Japan (2022 - 2023)

Asia and Oceania

Korea
Language Korean
Title of the Book Eigajoyū Wakao Ayako [Film Actress Wakao Ayako]
Publisher Amormundi Publishing Company
Author / Translator YOMOTA Inuhiko, SAITO Ayako / HWANG Kyun-Min
Type of Support Publication
Indonesia
Language Indonesian
Title of the Book Obachantachi no iru tokoro [trans. Where the Wild Ladies Are]
Publisher Haru Publisher
Author / Translator MATSUDA Aoko / PRATIWI WULANDARI Asri
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Vietnam
Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Murasaki no sukāto no onna [trans. The Woman in the Purple Skirt]
Publisher Nha Nam Publishing & Communications
Author / Translator IMAMURA Natsuko / VUONG Hai Yen
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Language Vietnamese
Title of the Book Watashi no utsukushii niwa [My Beautiful Garden]
Publisher Viet Nam Az Communication and Culture Company
Author / Translator NAGIRA Yuu / NGUYEN THI HUONG Giang
Type of Support Translation and Publication
India
Language Bengali
Title of the Book Hakase no aishita sūshiki [trans. The Housekeeper and the Professor]
Publisher Jadavpur University Press
Author / Translator OGAWA Yoko / MUKHERJEE Abhijit
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Language Malayalam
Title of the Book Dīpu ribā [trans. Deep River]
Publisher V C Thomas Editions
Author / Translator ENDO Shusaku / PULLATTU ABRAHAM George
Type of Support Translation and Publication

The Americas

U.S.A.
Language English
Title of the Book Seimeishiki [trans. Life Ceremony]
Publisher Grove Atlantic
Author / Translator MURATA Sayaka / TAPLEY TAKEMORI Ginny
Type of Support Publication
Language English
Title of the Book Disukasu-ki [trans. Weasels in the Attic]
Publisher New Directions Publishing
Author / Translator OYAMADA Hiroko / BOYD David
Type of Support Publication
Language English
Title of the Book Yūjokō [trans. A Woman of Pleasure]
Publisher Counterpoint Press
Author / Translator MURATA Kiyoko / CARPENTER Juliet Winters
Type of Support Translation
Brazil
Language Portuguese
Title of the Book Sayounara, watashi no hon yo! [Farewell, My Book!]
Publisher Estação Liberdade Publishing House
Author / Translator OE Kenzaburo / TEIXEIRA Jefferson José
Type of Support Publication

Europe

Italy
Language Italian
Title of the Book Obachantachi no iru tokoro [trans. Where the Wild Ladies Are]
Publisher E/O Editions
Author / Translator MATSUDA Aoko / COCI Gianluca
Type of Support Publication
Language English
Title of the Book Naze bokuwa dokyumentarī wo torunoka [Why I Make Documentaries]
Publisher Viaindustriae Publishing
Author / Translator SODA Kazuhiro / SCHLEY Matthew
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Netherlands
Language Dutch
Title of the Book JR Uenoeki kōenguchi [trans. Tokyo Ueno Station]
Publisher De Geus
Author / Translator YU Miri / VAN BREMEN Geert
Type of Support Translation
Language Dutch
Title of the Book Natsu monogatari [trans. Breasts and Eggs]
Publisher Uitgeverij Podium
Author / Translator KAWAKAMI Mieko / LIEBREGTS Maarten
Type of Support Translation
Language English
Title of the Book Hitorimai [Solo Dance]
Publisher World Editions
Author / Translator LI Kotomi / MORRIS Arthur Reiji
Type of Support Publication
Sweden
Language Swedish
Title of the Book Natsu monogatari [trans. Breasts and Eggs]
Publisher Tranan Publishing House
Author / Translator KAWAKAMI Mieko / DUKE Yukiko
Type of Support Translation
Spain
Language Spanish
Title of the Book Tane to kokoro [The Seed and the Heart］（Japanese Poetry Anthology from Its Origins to 1945）
Publisher Alba Editorial
Author / Translator Manyōshū, Kokinwakashū, MASAOKA Shiki, WAKAYAMA Bokusui, et al. / HERRERO FERRIO Teresa
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Language Spanish
Title of the Book Batā [BUTTER]
Publisher temas de hoy
Author / Translator YUZUKI Asako / OGIHARA Yoko, CORDOBÉS Fernando
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Denmark
Language Danish
Title of the Book Nemureru bijo [trans. House of the Sleeping Beauties]
Publisher Hoff & Poulsen Publishing
Author / Translator KAWABATA Yasunari / HOLM Mette
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Germany
Language German
Title of the Book Aru otoko [trans. A Man]
Publisher Suhrkamp Verlag
Author / Translator HIRANO Keiichiro / BIERICH Nora
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Finland
Language Finnish
Title of the Book Konoyo ni tayasui shigoto wa nai [trans. There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job]
Publisher Into Publishing
Author / Translator TSUMURA Kikuko / PORRASMAA Raisa
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Language Finnish
Title of the Book Namiya zakkaten no kiseki [trans. The Miracles of the Namiya General Store]
Publisher Punainen Silakka
Author / Translator HIGASHINO Keigo / PORRASMAA Raisa
Type of Support Translation
France
Language French
Title of the Book Mishima Yukio ni yoru engeki [Mishima's Perspective on Theater]
Publisher Atelier Akatombo
Author / Translator MISHIMA Yukio / DE VOS Patrick, SAKAI Cécile, BAYARD-SAKAI Anne, GARCIN Thomas, QUENTIN Corinne, HUREAU Alice
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Portuguese
Language Portuguese
Title of the Book Hayaku aitaina [trans. I Really Want to See You, Grandma]
Publisher Orfeu Negro
Author / Translator GOMI Taro / QUINTAS Nuno
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Armenia
Language Armenian
Title of the Book Kentōshi [trans. The Emissary]
Publisher Granish Literary Community
Author / Translator TAWADA Yoko / HOVHANNISYAN Astghik
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Ukraine
Language Ukrainian
Title of the Book Genji monogatari [trans. The Tale of Genji]
Publisher Folio Publishers
Author / Translator MURASAKI SHIKIBU / DZIUB Ivan
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Slovenia
Language Slovenian
Title of the Book Tade kuu mushi [trans. Some Prefer Nettles]
Publisher Beletrina Academic Press
Author / Translator TANIZAKI Jun'ichiro / ILC Iztok
Type of Support Publication
Poland
Language Polish
Title of the Book Aru otoko [trans. A Man ]
Publisher Czytelnik Publishing House
Author / Translator HIRANO Keiichiro / SONNENBERG-MUSIAŁ Katarzyna
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Language Polish
Title of the Book Hanaoka Seishū no tsuma [trans. The Doctor's Wife]
Publisher KIRIN Publishing House
Author / Translator ARIYOSHI Sawako / GRAJNY Anna
Type of Support Publication

Middle East and Africa

Israel
Language Hebrew
Title of the Book Neko to Shōzō to futari no onna [trans. A Cat, a Man, and Two Women]
Publisher Carmel Publishing
Author / Translator TANIZAKI Jun'ichiro / COHEN Doron
Type of Support Translation
Turkey
Language Turkish
Title of the Book Hakai [trans. The Broken Commandment]
Publisher Fihrist Kitap
Author / Translator SHIMAZAKI Toson / TOPRAK Gökçe
Type of Support Translation and Publication
Language Turkish
Title of the Book Ana [trans. The Hole]
Publisher Siren Publishing
Author / Translator OYAMADA Hiroko / ERKİN Hüseyin Can
Type of Support Translation and Publication

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