Ted Goossen
Translator and editor with a long career translating Japanese literature, known for translating works by Hiromi Kawakami, Haruki Murakami, and co-founding the English literary magazine Monkey.
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Apr 10, 2026 • 45min
Ted Goossen on translating Hiromi Kawakami’s “Third Love”
Ted Goossen, a veteran translator of Japanese literature, reflects on arriving in Japan in 1968 and his long career translating Kawakami and Murakami. He discusses translating Hiromi Kawakami’s The Third Love, choices about Japanese love terms, linking Edo and Heian worlds to modern women, and shifting themes as women writers gain prominence in contemporary Japanese fiction.
Apr 10, 2026 • 45min
Ted Goossen on translating Hiromi Kawakami’s “Third Love”
Ted Goossen, translator and editor known for bringing Japanese writers like Hiromi Kawakami and Haruki Murakami to English readers, discusses his decades in Japan and the craft of translation. He compares translating Murakami and Kawakami, unpacks The Third Love’s time-shifting ties to Edo and Heian eras, and explores changing roles of women, historical language for love, and literary traditions.
