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Lynne Kutsukake was born in Toronto in 1952. During World War II, her parents were subjected to the internment of Japanese Canadians and forced to live in its camps.
Lynne earned a Master's degree in East Asian studies at the University of Toronto, then studied Japanese literature in Japan on a Monbusho scholarship and completed a degree in Library and Information Science. She later attended the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies Creative Writing Program and is an alumna of the Humber School for Writers.
In 1976, Lynne relocated to Tokyo to teach English. During her time there, she studied Japanese literature and began to translate short stories to English. She later returned to Toronto and became the Japanese Studies librarian at the University of Toronto, retiring in 2007.
Lynne is currently a novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, The Translation of Love, was published in 2016 and received several awards, such as the Canada-Japan Literary Award.
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Created by Alston So, March 2026.