Yuko Taniguchi
Yuko Taniguchi (born 1975 Yokohama, Japan) is an American poet, and novelist.
Life
She came to the United States, at fifteen, and attended high school in Maryland.
She graduated from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University and from the University of Minnesota with a M.F.A.
She teaches at University of Minnesota.[1]
Awards
- 2008 American Book Award (The Before Columbus Foundation)
- Finalist, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize [2]
- Finalist, 11th Annual Asian American Literary Awards
- 2008 Kiriyama Prize Notable Book
- 15th Annual Skipping Stones Honor Awards
- Finalist for ForeWord Magazine's Editor's Choice Award [3]
- Honorable Mention, The 2007 Gustayus Myers Center Outstanding Book Awards Advancing Human Rights
Works
Poetry
- Foreign Wife Elegy. Coffee House Press. 2004. ISBN 978-1-56689-148-6.
Novels
- The Ocean in the Closet. Coffee House Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56689-194-3.
References
External links
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Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
- American poets of Asian descent
- American women novelists
- University of Minnesota faculty
- University of Minnesota alumni
- American writers of Japanese descent
- Japanese emigrants to the United States
- American novelists of Asian descent
- 21st-century women writers
- 21st-century American poets
- American women poets