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{{Nihongo|'''Kazuko Shiraishi'''|白石 かずこ|Shiraishi Kazuko|born 1931}} is a Japanese [[poet]] and [[translator]] who was born in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada. She is a modernist, outsider poet who got her start in [[Katsue Kitazono]]'s "VVOU" poetry group, which led Shiraishi to publish her first book of poems in 1951. She has also read her poetry at jazz performances.<ref name="ilb">{{Cite web|url=http://www.literaturfestival.com/participants/authors/2001/kazuko-shiraishi|title=Kazuko Shiraishi — internationales literaturfestival berlin|access-date=7 June 2011|archive-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328045949/http://www.literaturfestival.com/participants/authors/2001/kazuko-shiraishi/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has appeared at readings and literary festivals all over the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazuko Shiraishi (poet)|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/14529/31/Kazuko-Shiraishi|accessdate=28 January 2016|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043324/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/14529/31/Kazuko-Shiraishi|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Nihongo|'''Kazuko Shiraishi'''|白石 かずこ|Shiraishi Kazuko|1931-June 19 2024}} is a Japanese [[poet]] and [[translator]] who was born in [[Vancouver|Vancouver, British Columbia]], Canada. She is a modernist, outsider poet who got her start in [[Katsue Kitazono]]'s "VVOU" poetry group, which led Shiraishi to publish her first book of poems in 1951. She has also read her poetry at jazz performances.<ref name="ilb">{{Cite web|url=http://www.literaturfestival.com/participants/authors/2001/kazuko-shiraishi|title=Kazuko Shiraishi — internationales literaturfestival berlin|access-date=7 June 2011|archive-date=28 March 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328045949/http://www.literaturfestival.com/participants/authors/2001/kazuko-shiraishi/|url-status=dead}}</ref> She has appeared at readings and literary festivals all over the world.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kazuko Shiraishi (poet)|url=http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/14529/31/Kazuko-Shiraishi|accessdate=28 January 2016|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043324/http://www.poetryinternationalweb.net/pi/site/poet/item/14529/31/Kazuko-Shiraishi|url-status=dead}}</ref>


[[Kenneth Rexroth]] called her "the Allen Ginsberg of Japan," and edited a volume of her poetry in English for New Directions Press.
[[Kenneth Rexroth]] called her "the Allen Ginsberg of Japan," and edited a volume of her poetry in English for New Directions Press.
<ref>{{cite web|title=Author Page - Kazuko Shiraishi|date=8 September 2011|url=http://www.ndbooks.com/author/kazuko-shiraishi/|accessdate=28 January 2016}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|title=Author Page - Kazuko Shiraishi|date=8 September 2011|url=http://www.ndbooks.com/author/kazuko-shiraishi/|accessdate=28 January 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://apnews.com/article/shiraishi-poetry-obituary-japan-literature-beat-9e64965e44079c613d1c65320882a06b|title=Japan’s ‘beat poet’ Kazuko Shiraishi, pioneer of modern performance poetry, dies at 93|publisher=AP news}}</ref>


==Translations available in English==
==Translations available in English==

Revision as of 13:23, 19 June 2024

Kazuko Shiraishi
Born1931
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NationalityJapanese
Occupation(s)poet and translator

Kazuko Shiraishi (白石 かずこ, Shiraishi Kazuko, 1931-June 19 2024) is a Japanese poet and translator who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She is a modernist, outsider poet who got her start in Katsue Kitazono's "VVOU" poetry group, which led Shiraishi to publish her first book of poems in 1951. She has also read her poetry at jazz performances.[1] She has appeared at readings and literary festivals all over the world.[2]

Kenneth Rexroth called her "the Allen Ginsberg of Japan," and edited a volume of her poetry in English for New Directions Press. [3][4]

Translations available in English

Hiroaki Sato has translated Shiraishi's poetry for BOMB Magazine, [5] and several of her anthologies have appeared in English:

  • Seasons of Sacred Lust. Translated by Ikuko Atsumi, John Solt, Carol Tinker, Yasuyo Morita, and Kenneth Rexroth. Edited by Kenneth Rexroth. New Directions Press, 1975.
  • Let Those Who Appear. Translated by Samuel Grolmes and Yumiko Tsumura. New Directions Press, 2002.
  • My Floating Mother, City. Translated by Samuel Grolmes and Yumiko Tsumura. New Directions Press, 2009.
  • Sea, Land, Shadow. Translated by Yumiko Tsumura. New Directions Press, 2017.

References

  1. ^ "Kazuko Shiraishi — internationales literaturfestival berlin". Archived from the original on 28 March 2014. Retrieved 7 June 2011.
  2. ^ "Kazuko Shiraishi (poet)". Archived from the original on 1 December 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Author Page - Kazuko Shiraishi". 8 September 2011. Retrieved 28 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Japan's 'beat poet' Kazuko Shiraishi, pioneer of modern performance poetry, dies at 93". AP news.
  5. ^ "Four Poems by Kazuko Shiraishi". Retrieved 28 January 2016.

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