Brian Bergstrom

Brian Bergstrom is a lecturer and translator who has lived in Chicago, Kyoto, and Yokohama. His writing and translations have appeared in publications including Granta, Aperture, Lit Hub, Mechademia, Japan Forum, positions: asia critique , Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday, and The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories . He translated Erika Kobayashi's novel Trinity, Trinity, Trinity (2022) and story collection Sunrise: Radiant Stories (2023) with Astra...See more

Brian Bergstrom is a lecturer and translator who has lived in Chicago, Kyoto, and Yokohama. His writing and translations have appeared in publications including Granta, Aperture, Lit Hub, Mechademia, Japan Forum, positions: asia critique , Queer: A Collection of LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday, and The Penguin Book of Japanese Short Stories . He translated Erika Kobayashi's novel Trinity, Trinity, Trinity (2022) and story collection Sunrise: Radiant Stories (2023) with Astra House, the former winning the 2022 Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission (JUSFC) Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature. His latest translation is Slow Down: The Degrowth Manifesto by Kohei Saito (W&N & Astra House, 2024). He is currently based in Montréal, Canada. See less