Yukiko Duke
{{Short description|Swedish journalist}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
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| birthname = Yukiko Anette Torun Maria Duke Bergman
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1966|01|19|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Stockholm, Sweden
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| occupation = Translator, journalist, editor and presenter
| nationality = Swedish
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Yukiko Anette Torun Maria Duke Bergman (born 19 January 1966) is a Swedish translator, journalist, editor and presenter.{{cite web|url=https://biblioteket.stockholm.se/kalender/yukiko-duke-om-l%C3%A4sandet-som-last-lust-och-arbetsliv|title=Yukiko Duke om läsandet som last, lust och (arbets)liv|access-date=10 March 2015|archive-date=15 October 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171015044804/https://biblioteket.stockholm.se/kalender/yukiko-duke-om-l%C3%A4sandet-som-last-lust-och-arbetsliv|url-status=live |language=sv}}
Duke is the daughter of Christer Duke and Eiko Duke-Soei, and she is a Japanese and Asian society and culture specialist. She has for several years been a journalist and news reporter for Japanese television, and in later years she has presented the shows {{lang|sv|Kvällsöppet}} and {{lang|sv|Röda rummet}}, which are broadcast on SVT.{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/nyheter/varlden/japansk-mentalitet-beharskning-ar-en-dygd|title=Japansk mentalitet: "Behärskning är en dygd"|work=SVT Nyheter|date=15 March 2011 |access-date=10 March 2015|archive-date=13 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210513120924/https://www.svt.se/nyheter/utrikes/japansk-mentalitet-beharskning-ar-en-dygd|url-status=live |language=sv}} She has also been a literary critic on the SVT morning show {{lang|sv|Gomorron Sverige}} since 1993.{{cite web|url=http://www.svt.se/gomorron-sverige/recensioner/ |title=Recensioner | publisher=SVT.se |access-date=10 March 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150228103957/http://www.svt.se/gomorron-sverige/recensioner/ |archive-date=28 February 2015 |language=sv}} She has worked as a columnist for the paper Tidningen Vi and Icakuriren for ICA.{{cite web|url=http://www.norstedts.se/Forfattare/Alfabetiskt/D/Yukiko-Duke/|title=Yukiko Duke|access-date=10 March 2015|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110701044113/http://www.norstedts.se/forfattare/Alfabetiskt/D/Yukiko-Duke/|archive-date=1 July 2011}} In 2011, she became an editor at the Swedish literary magazine {{lang|sv|Vi läser}}.{{cite web|url=http://www.journalisten.se/folk/?c=pa_nya_jobb|title=Nytt om folk |publisher=journalisten.se|access-date=10 March 2015|archive-date=6 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006111917/http://www.journalisten.se/folk/?c=pa_nya_jobb|url-status=live |language=sv}}
Duke has translated several Japanese books into Swedish, among them Haruki Murakami's novel Norwegian Wood. In 2001, her and Eiko Duke's book {{lang|sv|Mikaku, den japanska kokboken}} was nominated for the August Prize.{{cite web|url=http://www.augustpriset.se/%C3%A5rtal/2001|title=2001|access-date=10 March 2015|archive-date=23 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923180205/http://www.augustpriset.se/%C3%A5rtal/2001|url-status=live |language=sv}}
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External links
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Further reading
- {{cite web|url=https://swedishbookreview.org/joy-translating-gone|title=‘The Joy of Translating is Gone’|author=Yukiko Duke|translator=Ian Giles|work=Swedish Book Review|year=2025}}
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Category:21st-century Swedish journalists