Author record · 2017 to 2025

Yoko Tawada: Awards and Best-of Lists

Yoko Tawada has won 2 awards, including the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation (2017) for Memoirs of a Polar Bear, with 4 shortlist or finalist places, 3 longlist or nominee places, and 14 year-end list picks in our archive.

Every recognition

Year is the award or list year, not the publication year.
YearBookSourceResultTranslator
2025Exophony: Voyages Outside the Mother TongueNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · CriticismLisa Hofmann-Kuroda
2025Exophony: Voyages Outside the Mother TongueNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Gregg Barrios Book in Translation PrizeLisa Hofmann-Kuroda
2025ExophonyThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also RecommendedLisa Hofmann-Kuroda
2025Archipelago of the SunNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We LoveMargaret Mitsutani
2025Archipelago of the SunThe Economist Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Fiction
2025Archipelago of the SunPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · FictionMargaret Mitsutani
2024Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan AngelNational Book Critics Circle Awards source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · Gregg Barrios Book in Translation PrizeSusan Bernofsky
2024Suggested in the StarsNew York Public Library Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books for AdultsMargaret Mitsutani
2023Scattered All Over The EarthDublin Literary Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · FictionMargaret Mitsutani
2022Scattered All Over the EarthKirkus Prize source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · FictionMargaret Mitsutani
2022Scattered All Over the EarthNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Finalist · Translated LiteratureMargaret Mitsutani
2022Scattered All Over the EarthTIME Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · 100 Must-Read
2022Scattered All Over the EarthThe New Yorker Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Also RecommendedMargaret Mitsutani
2022Scattered All Over the EarthChicago Public Library Best of the Best source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best Books
2022Scattered All Over the EarthNPR Books We Love source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Books We LoveMargaret Mitsutani
2022Scattered All Over the EarthKirkus Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · FictionMargaret Mitsutani
2022Scattered All Over the EarthPublishers Weekly Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · FictionMargaret Mitsutani
2022Scattered All Over the EarthLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · World LiteratureMargaret Mitsutani
2018The EmissaryNational Book Awards source (opens in a new tab)Winner · Translated LiteratureMargaret Mitsutani
2018The EmissaryLibrary Journal Best Books source (opens in a new tab)Selection · World LiteratureMargaret Mitsutani
2017Memoirs of a Polar BearWarwick Prize for Women in Translation source (opens in a new tab)Winner · TranslationSusan Bernofsky
2017Memoirs of a Polar BearBest Translated Book Award source (opens in a new tab)Longlist · FictionSusan Bernofsky
2017Memoirs of a Polar BearMint Best Books of the Year source (opens in a new tab)Selection · Best BooksSusan Bernofsky

Books

  1. Scattered All Over The Earth10 sources · 2022 to 2023
  2. Archipelago of the Sun3 sources · 2025
  3. Memoirs of a Polar Bear3 sources · 2017
  4. Exophony: Voyages Outside the Mother Tongue2 sources · 2025
  5. The Emissary2 sources · 2018
  6. Paul Celan and the Trans-Tibetan Angel1 source · 2024
  7. Suggested in the Stars1 source · 2024