Yukiko Anette Torun Maria Duke Bergman, (born 19 January 1966) is a

Swedish Swedish or ' may refer to: Anything from or related to Sweden, a country in Northern Europe. Or, specifically: * Swedish language, a North Germanic language spoken primarily in Sweden and Finland ** Swedish alphabet, the official alphabet used by ...

translator, journalist, editor and presenter. Duke is the daughter of Christer Duke and Eiko Duke-Soei, and she specializes on

Japan Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...

ese and Asian society and culture in her work. 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. She is also a literature reviewer for the SVT morning show ''Gomorron Sverige'' since 1993. She has worked as a columnist for the paper Tidningen Vi and Ica Kuriren for ICA. In 2011, she became an editor for the Swedish literature paper ''Vi läser''. 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 The August Prize ( sv, Augustpriset) is an annual Swedish literary prize awarded each year since 1989 by the Swedish Publishers' Association. The prize is awarded to the best Swedish book of the year, in three categories. Prize In the years 1989- ...

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