# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/shuntaro-tanikawa
# Generated: 2026-09-07T20:17:39.475Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/shuntaro-tanikawa"
name: "Shuntarō Tanikawa"
slug: "shuntaro-tanikawa"
description: "Shuntarō Tanikawa  was a Japanese poet and translator. He was considered to be one of the most widely read and highly regarded Japanese poets, both in Japan and abroad. The English translation of his poetry volume Floating the River in Melancholy, translated by William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura and illustrated by Yōko Sano, won the American Book Award in 1989."
tagline: "Japanese poet (1931–2024)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Shuntar%C5%8D_Tanikawa.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "JP"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1931-12-15"
deathDate: "2024-11-13"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  85
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ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 978
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump