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Yei Theodora Ozaki

Yei Theodora Ozaki (1870–1932) was a Japanese translator who brought fairy tales and short stories into lively English for Western readers. Her versions are free rather than literal, and that freedom helped them travel: Japanese Fairy Tales was reprinted for decades after her death. Ozaki opened a door onto wonder, humour, and moral surprise in stories that might otherwise have stayed locked in another language.

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