Yukiko Duke Explained

Yukiko Duke
Birthname:Yukiko Anette Torun Maria Duke Bergman
Birth Date:19 January 1966
Birth Place:Stockholm, Sweden
Occupation:Translator, journalist, editor and presenter
Nationality:Swedish

Yukiko Anette Torun Maria Duke Bergman, (born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish translator, journalist, editor and presenter.[1] Duke is the daughter of Christer Duke and Eiko Duke-Soei, and she specializes on Japanese and Asian society and culture in her work.[1] She has during several years been a journalist and news reporter for Japanese television, and in later years she has presented the shows Kvällsöppet and Röda rummet which are broadcast on SVT.[1] [2] She is also a literature reviewer for the SVT morning show Gomorron Sverige since 1993.[3] She has worked as a columnist for the paper Tidningen Vi and Ica Kuriren for ICA.[4] In 2011, she became an editor for the Swedish literature paper Vi läser.[5]

Duke has translated several Japanese books into Swedish, amongst them Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood. In 2001, her and Eiko Duke's book, Mikaku, den japanska kokboken, was nominated for the August Prize.[6]

References

  1. Web site: Yukiko Duke om läsandet som last, lust och (arbets)liv. 10 March 2015. 15 October 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044804/https://biblioteket.stockholm.se/kalender/yukiko-duke-om-l%C3%A4sandet-som-last-lust-och-arbetsliv. live.
  2. Web site: Japansk mentalitet: "Behärskning är en dygd". svt.se. 10 March 2015. 13 May 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210513120924/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/japansk-mentalitet-beharskning-ar-en-dygd. live.
  3. Web site: Recensioner - SVT.se . 10 March 2015 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150228103957/http://www.svt.se/gomorron-sverige/recensioner/ . February 28, 2015.
  4. Web site: Yukiko Duke. 10 March 2015. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110701044113/http://www.norstedts.se/forfattare/Alfabetiskt/D/Yukiko-Duke/. 1 July 2011.
  5. Web site: Nytt om folk - Journalisten. journalisten.se. 10 March 2015. 6 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111917/http://www.journalisten.se/folk/?c=pa_nya_jobb. live.
  6. Web site: 2001. 10 March 2015. 23 September 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180205/http://www.augustpriset.se/%C3%A5rtal/2001. live.