Yumi Gunji
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| Born | Tokyo, Japan |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Genres | Novels, Short Stories |
| Notable work(s) | SAM (愛編むサム), SAYA (沙耶の場合), MEGURIAI" (巡り愛) |
Yumi Gunji （郡司 ゆみ）: writer, translator & businesswoman.
Noted for her vivid "cinematic" style and her natural, flowing, descriptive prose, Yumi Gunji is the author of "SAM" (愛編むサム), "SAYA" (沙耶の場合), and "MEGURIAI" (巡り愛). Her work is often likened to that of CW Nichol, the noted Welsh author.
Yumi has also translated the work of major Japanese authors including Yoshimoto Banana and Yamada Eimi: in May 2006 her translation of three of Yamada's novellas (Bedtime Eyes 「ベッドタイム･アイズ」, The Piano Player's Fingers 「指の戯れ」 and Jesse 「ジェシーの背骨」) was published under the title "Bedtime Eyes" by St Martin's Press to critical acclaim.
In business, Yumi Gunji is the co-founder and director of the UK company Biznis Cards (aka Print Monkey in Australia), a unique corporate print solution which enables users to order printed stationery in 50 languages online, eliminating typo errors, preserving the companies' corporate ID and generating instant on-screen proofs.
Currently living & working in Sydney, Yumi is an aficionado of Australian wines and one of her planned projects for 2008 involves promoting Australian wines in SE Asia.
