Stephen Snyder

Stephen Snyder has translated works by Kenzaburo Oe, Ryu Murakami, Miri Yu, and Kafu Nagai, among others. His translation of Natsuo Kirino's Out was nominated for an Edgar Award for best mystery novel. The Diving Pool, a translation of three novellas by Yoko Ogawa, was published earlier this year by Picador, and Ogawa's Housekeeper and the Professor will appear in February. He teaches Japanese literature at Middlebury College.

Stephen Snyder lives in Perkinsville, VT.

Quotes

Yokosquawhas quotedlast year
Though I’ve tried, I’ve found no way to fill in the voids left by the Memory Police.
Yokosquawhas quoted3 days ago
I would have been about seven or eight years old, dressed in a pink lace skirt my mother had made for me. It was by then much too short, even when I pulled on the lace, and I remember being terribly worried that my cousin, coming up behind me on the stairs, would be able to see my underwear.
Zeynebhas quoted2 months ago
‘Men who start by burning books end by burning other men,’
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