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ⓘ About Yōko Tawada
Yoko Tawada is a Berlin-based award-winning Japanese author who writes in both German and Japanese. She has won numerous awards, including Tanizaki Prize, Akutagawa Prize, Izumi Kyoka Prize, Kleist Prize, and National Book Award, among other awards. Tawada graduated from Waseda University with a degree in education in 1982 and a master’s degree in German literature from Hamburg University, and later a doctorate from the University of Zurich. This dystopian novella was originally written in Japanese but translated into English by Margaret Mitsutani. It is both beautiful, fascinating and, at the same time, unsettling. It is fascinating to read about the dystopian world and how it is presented.
All Book Series by Yōko Tawada
Exophony: Voyages Outside the Mother Tongue
Single-title series · published 2025 Co-authored · Lisa Hofmann-Kuroda
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Who is Yōko Tawada?
Yoko Tawada is a Berlin-based award-winning Japanese author who writes in both German and Japanese. She has won numerous awards, including Tanizaki Prize, Akutagawa Prize, Izumi Kyoka Prize, Kleist Prize, and National Book Award, among other awards. Tawada graduated from Waseda University with a degree in education in 1982 and a master's degree in German literature from Hamburg University, and later a doctorate from the University of Zurich.
Which Yōko Tawada series should I start with?
Yōko Tawada's books stand alone rather than forming a numbered series, so there is no reading order to follow. The natural first pick is Scattered All Over the Earth (2018).
How many books has Yōko Tawada written?
Yōko Tawada has 18 books catalogued in this guide, published between 1991 and 2025. They are filed under 6 categories rather than in numbered series — chiefly Standalone Novels, Collections and Trilogy.
In what order should Yōko Tawada's series be read?
No reading order is needed: none of the 18 books catalogued here do not form a numbered series, so any title can be picked up first. Within each category they are listed by publication year.
How are Yōko Tawada's books organised into series?
This guide splits Yōko Tawada's 18 books into categories rather than numbered series: Standalone Novels (7 books); Collections (4 books); Trilogy (3 books); Anthologies (2 books); Short Stories/Novellas (1 book), plus 1 more.