Ted Goossen is a professor emeritus of contemporary Japanese literature at York University in Toronto, Canada.[1] He is known for translating the works of a number of Japanese authors into English, most notably Haruki Murakami.[1][2] Other authors he has translated include Shiga Naoya and Ibuse Masuji.[1]
Goossen is also the co-editor of the translation journal Monkey Business International: New Writing from Japan.[3]