# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/kazuko-shiraishi
# Generated: 2026-08-15T03:58:19.440Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/kazuko-shiraishi"
name: "Kazuko Shiraishi"
slug: "kazuko-shiraishi"
description: "Kazuko Shiraishi  was a Japanese poet and translator who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was a modernist, outsider poet who got her start in Katsue Kitazono's \"VOU\" poetry group, which led Shiraishi to publish her first book of poems in 1951. She also read her poetry at jazz performances. She appeared at readings and literary festivals all over the world."
tagline: "Japanese poet (1931–2024)"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Japan"
  isoCode: "JP"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-02-27"
deathDate: "2024-06-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           51.82
  momentum:             4.791494062413698
  historical:           10.45948266666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/f02909ca-9fd7-4b8b-8fc2-265e34762cd3"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%8A"
    title: "كازوكو شيرايشي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%83%D8%A7%D8%B2%D9%88%D9%83%D9%88_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7%D9%8A%D8%B4%D9%89"
    title: "كازوكو شيرايشى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Shiraishi_(Schriftstellerin)"
    title: "Kazuko Shiraishi (Schriftstellerin)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Shiraishi"
    title: "Kazuko Shiraishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Shiraishi"
    title: "Kazuko Shiraishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Shiraishi"
    title: "Kazuko Shiraishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Shiraishi"
    title: "Kazuko Shiraishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E7%99%BD%E7%9F%B3%E3%81%8B%E3%81%9A%E3%81%93"
    title: "白石かずこ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Shiraishi_(1931)"
    title: "Kazuko Shiraishi (1931)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kazuko_Shiraishi"
    title: "Kazuko Shiraishi"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B8%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%B8%2C_%D0%9A%D0%B0%D0%B4%D0%B7%D1%83%D0%BA%D0%BE"
    title: "Сираиси, Кадзуко"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4420710"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump