Yuko Taniguchi
Yuko Taniguchi (born in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese American poet, and novelist.
Life
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
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
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- ^ http://www.forewordmagazine.net/botya/print2k7.aspx
External links
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Categories:
- 1975 births
- Living people
- 21st-century American novelists
- American poets of Japanese 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