Arthur Binard

Born in Michigan in 1967. Completed his degree in English literature at Colgate University, New York, before moving to Japan in 1990. Received the Nakahara Chūya Award in 2001 for his poetry collection Tsuriagete wa (published in English as Catch and Release), and the Kodansha Picture Book Award in 2013 for Sagashiteimasu (We’re Lost). Has translated many picture books from English to Japanese and vice versa, including English versions of Miyazawa Kenji’s “Ame ni mo makezu” (Rain Won’t) and “Yamanashi” (Mountain Stream).