Spring Garden

About the Authors

TOMOKA SHIBASAKI was born in 1973 in Osaka and began writing fiction while still in high school. After graduating from university, she took an office job but continued writing, and was shortlisted for the Bungei Prize in 1998. Her first book, A Day on the Planet, was turned into a hit movie, and Spring Garden won the prestigious Akutagawa Prize in 2014.

POLLY BARTON grew up in London and read philosophy at university. Since winning the inaugural JLPP International Translation Competition in 2012, she has translated a variety of fiction by authors including Nao-cola Yamazaki, Mitsuyo Kakuta, Misumi Kubo and Aoko Matsuda, as well as non-fiction and art-related texts. She lives in Osaka.