Avery Fischer Udagawa
Avery Fischer Udagawa serves as International Translator Coordinator and Japan Translator Coordinator for the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators. Her translations from Japanese for children and teens include J-Boys: Kazuo’s World, Tokyo, 1965 by Shogo Oketani and “Firstclaw” by Sachiko Kashiwaba at Words Without Borders. She lives near Bangkok.
Works
2011, repub. 2018
J-Boys: Kazuo's World, Tokyo, 1965
A novel about Kazuo Nakamoto, a fourth-grader growing up in Tokyo after the 1964 Olympics. Obsessed with hamburgers, U.S. sprinter Bob Hayes, Leave It to Beaver and Popeye, Kazuo also observes the lingering effects of World War II on his changing world.
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Location
Bangkok
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Fiction & Literature, Children, Teens