Massimo Soumaré
Translator, author, editor, Japanese language teacher, freelance researcher, consultant on Japanese matters, has a long-standing collaboration with Eastern Culture and Literary magazines. He was the author of the entries on Modern Japanese literature for the Grande dizionario enciclopedico Nova, published by UTET (Torino, 2001), reprinted in 2003 as L’Enciclopedia (La Biblioteca di Repubblica, La Repubblica, Roma). He has translated a number of modern and contemporary Japanese authors, including Asamatsu Ken, Bandô Masako, Dazai Osamu, Ekuni Kaori, Kikuchi Hideyuki, Minagawa Hiroko, Miyabe Miyuki, Miyazawa Kenji, Onda Riku, Tachihara Michizô, Yumeno Kyûsaku; his translation work covers also non-fiction and literary debates between Italian and Japanese authors. As an author, he has been published in Italy, Japan, China and USA. He is also consulting expert and Japanese-language translator and interpreter for the Camera del commercio, industria, artigianato ed agricoltura di Torino. He teaches Japanese Language with the CentrOriente of Torino, the Associazione Interculturale Italia-Giappone SAKURA, and the Fondazione Università Popolare di Torino.
