Ginny Tapley Takemori is a British translator of contemporary Japanese literature based in Ibaraki, Japan. She is the English translator of Convenience Store Woman by Sayaka Murata, among other novels and works. Tapley Takemori was involved in the creation of Women in Translation Month, and led a series of articles published on LitHub called 10 Women Authors We Want to See Published, that highlighted untranslated women authors from a given language. She is also a co-founder of a freelance women literary translator collection called Strong Women, Soft Power, along with Allison Markin Powell and Lucy North.Wikipedia →
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From the Fatherland, with Love
半島を出よ by Ryū Murakami
English · Pushkin Press · 2013
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The Whale That Fell in Love with a Submarine
戦争童話集 by Akiyuki Nosaka
English · Pushkin Press · 2015
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The Cake Tree in the Ruins
野坂昭如コレクション by Akiyuki Nosaka
English · Pushkin Press · 2018
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Convenience Store Woman
コンビニ人間 by Sayaka Murata
English · Grove Press · 2019
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Earthlings
地球星人 by Sayaka Murata
English · Grove Press · 2021
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Life Ceremony
生命式 by Sayaka Murata
English · Grove Press · 2023
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Grave of the Fireflies
アメリカひじき・火垂るの墓 by Akiyuki Nosaka
English · Penguin · 2025
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Vanishing World
消滅世界 by Sayaka Murata
English · Grove Press · 2026
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