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Kazuko Shiraishi

Japanese poet

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born
1931
died
2024
age at death
93
known for
linguist, poet, translator

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. She appeared at readings and literary festivals all over the world.

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