Avery Fischer Udagawa
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Avery Fischer Udagawa is a translator of children's books from Japanese.
Biography
[edit]Udagawa grew up in Kansas and studied English and Asian Studies at St. Olaf College in Minnesota. She studied at Nanzan University, Nagoya, on a Fulbright Fellowship, and at the Inter-University Center for Japanese Language Studies, Yokohama, later earning an MA in Advanced Japanese Studies from The University of Sheffield. She writes, translates, and works in international education near Bangkok.[1] She is a campaigner for literary translation, and literary translators, especially with the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators.[2]
Awards and honors
[edit]- 2024 Honor, IBBY Honor List for her translation of Temple Alley Summer, written by Sachiko Kashiwaba [3]
- 2024 Honor, Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her translation of The House of the Lost on the Cape, written by Sachiko Kashiwaba and illustrated by Yukiko Saito.[4]
- 2022 Winner, Mildred L. Batchelder Award for her translation of Temple Alley Summer, written by Sachiko Kashiwaba and illustrated by Miho Satake.[5]
- 2022 Honor, Audie Award for Middle Grade Title for her translation of Temple Alley Summer, written by Sachiko Kashiwaba and narrated by Traci Kato-Kiriyama.[6]
Translations
[edit]- Temple Alley Summer, by Sachiko Kashiwaba, ills. Miho Satake (Restless Books, 2021)
- J-Boys: Kazuo’s World, by Shogo Oketani (IBC Publishing, 2013; Stone Bridge Press, 2011)
- "Festival Time" by Ippei Mogami, in The Best Asian Short Stories 2018, illus. Saburo Takada (Kitaab, 2018)
- "Swing" by Ippei Mogami, in Kyoto Journal 82, May 2015
- "Mirror, Mirror", by Sachiko Kashiwaba, in A Tapestry of Colours 1: Stories from Asia (Marshall Cavendish Editions, 2021)
- "House of Trust", by Sachiko Kashiwaba, in Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction—An Anthology of Japan Teen Stories (Stone Bridge Press, 2012) https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=b9vODwAAQBAJ
- "First Claw", by Sachiko Kashiwaba, in Words Without Borders, April 2020
- My Japan, by Etsuko Filliquet (Kaiseisha, 2017)
- Baby Chick, by Jun’ichi Kobayashi, ullus. Eigoro Futamata (original work by Kornei I. Chukovskii), (Doshinsha, 2009) - co-translated with Etsuko Nozaka
- "Inside" by Rio Shimamoto, in Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women (Kodansha International, 2006)
- "The Shadow of the Orchid" by Nobuko Takagi, in Inside and Other Short Fiction: Japanese Women by Japanese Women (Kodansha International, 2006)
References
[edit]- ^ "Translator Spotlight: Avery Fischer Udagawa". 30 April 2018. Archived from the original on 2018-10-12. Retrieved 2018-10-12.
- ^ "Home". averyfischerudagawa.com.
- ^ https://www.ibby.org/awards-activities/awards/ibby-honour-list Retrieved 2 Sept 2024.
- ^ "American Library Association announces 2024 Youth Media Award winners" (PDF). American Library Association. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
- ^ @ALALibrary (24 January 2022). "Batchelder 2022: "Temple Alley Summer," pub. by Yonder: Restless Books for Young Readers, written by Sachiko Kashiw…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2022-10-29. Retrieved 2022-09-27.
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External links
[edit]- Avery Fischer Udagawa - website
- Avery Fischer Udagawa on Words Without Borders
- Avery Fischer Udagawa on Global Literature in Libraries Initiative
- Avery Fischer Udagawa on Society of Children's Books Writers and Illustrators