Polly Barton is a literary translator and writer. Her translations from Japanese to English include Butter by Asako Yuzuki, The Woman Dies and Where the Wild Ladies Are by Aoko Matsuda, and There’s No Such Thing as an Easy Job by Kikuko Tsumura. Her English-language translation of Hunchback by Saou Ichikawa was longlisted for the International Booker Prize 2025. Barton has also written the books Fifty Sounds and Porn: An Oral History, and her debut novel What Am I, A Deer? is out in 2026.