212,599 profiles ranked

Shuntarō Tanikawa

Japanese poet (1931-2024) · Japan · Writers · Died at 92

Shuntarō Tanikawa is read about 444 times a day, in 18 languages.

A typical day, 30 days to 22 October 2026

The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 397 days, one point a day.

Something wrong?
Compare

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.

A life in dates

2024Died13 November 20242022Golden WreathAward1995Asahi PrizeAward1993Hagiwara Sakutarō AwardAward1989American Book AwardsAward1988Noma award for children's literatureAward1985Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary PoetryAward1931Born15 December 1931

Also in Deutsch

Photos 2

On YouTube

972 subscribers
Open channel on YouTube

Awards

Golden Wreath2022
Asahi Prize1995
Hagiwara Sakutarō Award1993
American Book Awards1989
Noma award for children's literature1988
Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary Poetry1985

Family

Is this everyone?

Only relatives with a profile here are drawn, so a family can be larger than this. A line here can also be wrong.

Correct this family

About this person

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.

Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1931 to 2024 · aged 92

Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.