Aoko Matsuda (松田青子 ''Matsuda Aoko''; born October 11, 1979) is a Japanese writer and translator. She is the winner of the 2021

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Biography

Aoko Matsuda was born in 1979, in

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. She is an alumna of the

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, where she studied English. She made her debut in 2007. Her first collection of short stories, ''Stackable'', was nominated for the

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and Noma Literary New Face Prize (2013). Her stories have appeared in such literary magazines as ''

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'' and ''Monkey Business''. In 2019, the English translation of her short story titled ''The Woman Dies'' was included in the shortlist for the

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. 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

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s and in the Fiction category of the Firecracker Awards. Matsuda has translated from English into Japanese, including literary works by

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, Amelia Gray and

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Awards and honors

Publications

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Matsuda, Aoko 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