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Kazuko Shiraishi

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Japanese poet (1931-2024)

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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.

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Awards 3

1997Jun Takami Award
1996Yomiuri Prize
1971H Prize

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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.

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Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2024 · aged 93
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11 languages

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