Yuko Taniguchi
American poet
- Poet
- novelist
University of Minnesota (MFA)
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 Master of Fine Arts degree.
She teaches at the 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, Literary Fiction category for ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards[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.
Yuko Taniguchi.
Novels
- The Ocean in the Closet. Coffee House Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56689-194-3.
References
- ^ "Yuko Taniguchi, M.F.A. : Faculty & Staff : Center for Learning Innovation (CLI) : Research : University of Minnesota | Rochester". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2009.
- ^ "CSB Alumnae & Friends – CSB/SJU". www.csbsju.edu. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 22 May 2022.
- ^ "The Ocean in the Closet is a 2007 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
External links
- "Author's website"
- "University of Minnesota, Rochester Faculty page
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