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Ayano Shibata

Polish Japanese

Born in 1964. Graduated from the School of Art and Design, University of Tsukuba. Polish translator and photographer. Translations include Stanisław Lem’s “The Cyberiad”, “Peace on Earth”, “Memoirs Found in a Bathtub”, “Highcastle” and “The Man from Mars”; Witold Szabłowski’s “What’s Cooking in the Kremlin”, “How to Feed a Dictator”, and “Dancing Bears”; Stefan Grabiński’s “Eerie Tales”, “The Book of Fire”, “On the Hill of Roses / Mad Pilgrim”, and “The Motion Demon”; and collections of short stories by Sławomir Mrożek.

Translations

  • Anna Zalewska, Japońska literatura współczesna i nowoczesna w Polsce: od Hototogisu (Nami-ko) do Ri Kotomi, „jem” vol.2, 2025
  • Witold Szabłowski, Rosja od kuchni, Tokio: Hakusuisha, 2025
  • Stanisław Lem, Cyberiada, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2025
  • Szczepan Twardoch, Zeitverschwendung, „Subaru”, Tokio: Shueisha, 2024
  • Stanisław Lem, Pamiętnik znaleziony w wannie, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2024
  • Stanisław Lem, Człowiek z Marsa, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2023
  • Witold Szabłowski, Jak nakarmić dyktatora, Tokio: Hakusuisha, 2023
  • Stanisław Lem, Pokój na Ziemi, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2021
  • Stanisław Lem, Miasto atomowe, „S-F Magazine”, Tokio: Hayakawa Publishing, 2021
  • Witold Szabłowski, Tańczące niedźwiedzie, Tokio: Hakusuisha, 2021
  • Jerzy Jarzębski, Myślenie według Lema, Slavia Iaponica 23, 2020
  • Stefan Grabiński, Niesamowita opowieść, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2018
  • Stefan Grabiński, Księga ognia, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2017
  • Stefan Grabiński, Na wzgórzu róż / Szalony pątnik, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2016
  • Stefan Grabiński, Demon ruchu, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2015
  • Stanisław Lem, 5 opowiadań w tomie Fantastyczny Lem, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2015
  • Stanisław Lem, Wysoki Zamek, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 2004
  • Sławomir Mrożek, Opowiadania 1990-1993, Tokio: Michitani, 2002
  • Sławomir Mrożek, Opowiadania 1960-1965, Tokio: Michitani, 2001
  • Leszek Kołakowski, 13 bajek z królestwa Lailonii dla dużych i małych, Tokio: Kokushokankokai, 1995 (with Mitsuyoshi Numanem)

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