Kyoko Iriye Selden

Her father was a journalist reporting from Paris and Shanghai, and her mother was an English teacher.

She attended Seikei High School, and wrote a thesis on Wordsworth at the University of Tokyo, before studying English Literature on a Fulbright Scholarship at Yale University.

She taught at Cornell University for twenty-five years, and was a literary translator.

[2] Translations into English of Fiction, History, Biography, Early Childhood Education, and Art Source:[3] Also known as the Kyoko Selden Translation Prize, this was established in 2014, with contributions from colleagues and friends, to honor Kyoko Iriye Selden's scholarly legacy.

The prize is awarded to translations that are at the unpublished stage, to support and encourage translation and publication of Japanese language materials across a broad range.