Hiromi Itō
(Japan, 1955)
Hiromi Itō, born in 1955 in Tokyo, is one of the most important and highly …
Shoichiro Iwakiri
(Japan, 1959)
Shoichiro Iwakiri (1959) teaches French literature at the prestigious International …
Wakako Kaku
(Japan)
To many Japanese people, Wakako Kaku is known as a lyricist for famous pop singers and …
Mitsuharu Kaneko
(Japan, 1895–1975)
Mitsuharu Kaneko (1895–1975), one of the most prominent poets of …
Mari Kashiwagi
(Germany, 1970)
Mari Kashiwagi was born in Erlangen, Germany, where her father was teaching as an …
Hiroshi Kawasaki
(Japan, 1930–2004)
Born in Tokyo, Hiroshi Kawasaki published countless numbers of poems, essays, stories, …
Masayo Koike
(Japan, 1959)
Masayo Koike is a poet who treasures words. From an early age she was attracted to the …
Kiji Kutani
(Japan, 1984)
Every country has its own breed of precocious poet, those who make their debuts in …
Michio Mado
(Japan, 1909)
For the last half a century, literally everyone in Japan, of any age, has been familiar …
Tatsuji Miyoshi
(Japan, 1900–1964)
To many Japanese baby-boomers who were born within a decade or so after the end of …
Kiyoko Nagase
(Japan, 1906–1995)
Kiyoko Nagase was born in 1906 and died in 1995 on her 89th birthday. She published her …
Toshio Nakae
(Japan, 1933)
“He is a poet, first and foremost, ahead of any personal experiences”— Shuntaro …
Kiwao Nomura
(Japan, 1951)
Kiwao Nomura (Saitama, 1951) is one of the undisputed driving forces behind …
Kumamoto Renshi 2010
(Japan, 2010)
In March 2010, four prominent Japanese poets, Shuntarō Tanikawa, Hiromi Itō, Yasuhiro …
Rin Ishigaki
(Japan, 1920–2004)
Ishigaki Rin was born in Akasaka in downtown Tokyo in 1920. From 1934 to 1975 she …
Kazue Shinkawa
(Japan, 1929)
Kazue Shinkawa was born in 1929 in Ibaragi Prefecture, Japan. Since her first book of …
Kazuko Shiraishi
(Canada, 1931)
Kazuko Shiraishi (Vancouver, 1931) had her breakthrough in the 1950s as a female poet …
Heiichi Sugiyama
(Japan, 1914)
Born in 1914, Heiichi Sugiyama has lived through many dramatic changes in the cultural …
Chimako Tada
(Japan, 1930–2003)
Sometimes writers who inhabit the margins of the literary world are the ones who …
Inuo Taguchi
(Japan, 1967)
Inuo Taguchi (whose pen name literally means Dog Man) was born in 1967, a few years …
Ryuichi Tamura
(Japan, 1923–1998)
Ryuichi Tamura is universally regarded as one of the most important poets of post-WWII …
Yosuke Tanaka
(Japan, 1969)
Yosuke Tanaka was born in Tokyo in 1969 and made his debut as a poet in the prestigious …
Shuntaro Tanikawa
(Japan, 1931)
Shuntaro Tanikawa has been a phenomenon in Japan since the publication of his first …
Yoko Tawada
(Japan, 1960)
Multilingual double-talents often convey the impression that they can do everything …
Tian Yuan
(China, 1965)
Born in 1965 in Henan Province, China, Tian Yuan first came to Japan as a …
Yukio Tsuji
(Japan, 1939–2000)
Yukio Tsuji was born in downtown Tokyo in 1939. He grew up there without seeing his …
Jūkichi Yagi
(Japan, 1898–1927)
Jūkichi Yagi was born in 1898 in the outskirts of Tokyo as the second son of a …
 

 
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