Polly Barton

Polly Barton is a Japanese-English translator and writer based in the UK. Her translations include Butter by Asako Yuzuki, So We Look to the Sky by Misumi Kubo, Spring Garden by Tomoka Shibasaki, and There's No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura. Her translation of Mild Vertigo by Mieko Kanai was awarded a 2023-2024 Lindsley and Masao Miyoshi Translation Prize. She is the author of Fifty Sounds and Porn: An Oral History, both published by Fitzcarraldo Editions.

Polly is the translator of Where The Wild Ladies Are.