Yoko Tawada
Japanese-German author who writes in both Japanese and German and is celebrated for fiction that treats language itself as an alien, defamiliarizing medium. Memoirs of a Polar Bear and The Emissary are among her internationally celebrated works.
Works
- Memoirs of a Polar BearMultigenerational tale of three polar bears navigating survival and displacement
- Where Europe BeginsEssay exploring cultural displacement and belonging between Europe and Asia
- The Naked EyeNovel about a translator experiencing displacement and cultural dislocation
- Scattered All Over the EarthScience fiction novel about diverse humans scattered across a climate-changed Earth
- The EmissaryNovella about a mysterious emissary communicating between human and alien worlds