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Aoko Matsuda (松田青子 Matsuda Aoko; born 1979) is a Japanese writer and translator. She is the winner of the 2021 World Fantasy Award—Collection.

Biography

Aoko Matsuda was born in 1979, in Hyōgo Prefecture. She is an alumna of the Doshisha University, where she studied English.

She made her debut in 2007. Her first collection of short stories, Stackable, was nominated for the Mishima Yukio and Noma Literary New Face Prize (2013). Her stories have appeared in such literary magazines as Granta and Monkey Business. In 2019, the English translation of her short story titled The Woman Dies was included in the shortlist for the Shirley Jackson Award. Two years later, the English translation of Matsuda's short story collection called Where the Wild Ladies Are won in the Collection category of the World Fantasy Awards and in the Fiction category of the Firecracker Awards.

Matsuda has translated from English into Japanese, including literary works by Karen Russell, Amelia Gray and Carmen Maria Machado.

Awards and honors

Publications

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Books

• スタッキング可能 (in Japanese). 河出書房新社. 2016. ISBN 9784309414690.
• おばちゃんたちのいるところ [Where the Wild Ladies Are] (in Japanese). 中央公論新社. 2016. ISBN 9784120049187.

Short stories and novellas

• "Smartening Up". Granta. Translated by Polly Barton. 2014-06-11.
• The Girl Who Is Getting Married. Translated by Angus Turvill. Strangers Press. 2017.
• "The Woman Dies". Granta. Translated by Polly Barton. 2018-11-02.
• "Enoki". Granta. Translated by Polly Barton. 2020-02-17.

References

1. ^ "Introducing: Aoko Matsuda". National Centre for Writing. Archived from the original on 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
2. ^ "Aoko Matsuda". Tajfuny (in Polish). Archived from the original on 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
3. ^ Matsuda, Aoko (2011). "Biographical notes". Planting (PDF). Translated by Turvill, Angus. Waseda Bungaku. p. 10. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2015-10-23. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
4. ^ "Aoko Matsuda". Granta. 2020-08-09. Archived from the original on 2020-08-09. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
5. "Aoko Matsuda picks up World Fantasy Award title". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
6. ^ "Awards: Firecracker Winners". Shelf Awareness. 2021-06-25. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
7. Nonami, Kensuke (2021-12-09). "Aoko Matsuda picks up World Fantasy Award title". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2023-09-07. Retrieved 2023-09-07.
8. "Awards: World Fantasy Winners; Aspen Words Longlist". Shelf Awareness. 2021-11-11. Archived from the original on 2022-12-09. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
9. Allen-Vogel, Kristen (2020-10-23). "Where the Wild Ladies Are". Shelf Awareness. Archived from the original on 2022-08-08. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
10. Kohda, Claire (2020-03-13). "Where the Wild Ladies Are by Matsuda Aoko review – surreal but relatable short stories". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 2022-11-29. Retrieved 2023-09-08.
11. Barton, Polly (2020-10-21). "On Aoko Matsuda's Deceptively Delightful Call for Systemic Change". Literary Hub. Archived from the original on 2023-06-01. Retrieved 2023-09-08.

• 1979 births
• Living people
• 21st-century Japanese novelists
• 21st-century Japanese women writers
• Japanese women novelists
• 21st-century Japanese translators
• People from Hyōgo Prefecture
• Doshisha University alumni
• World Fantasy Award–winning writers
• Japanese women short story writers
• 21st-century Japanese short story writers