Shuntarō Tanikawa

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Shuntarō Tanikawa


Born
in Suginami, Japan
December 15, 1931

Died
November 13, 2024

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Shuntarō Tanikawa was a Japanese poet and translator. He was considered to be one of the most widely read and highly regarded Japanese poets, both in Japan and abroad. The English translation of his poetry volume Floating the River in Melancholy, translated by William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura and illustrated by Yoko Sano, won the American Book Award in 1989. ...more

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Selected Poems

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二十億光年の孤独 - Two Billion Ligh...

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4.22 avg rating — 60 ratings — published 1952 — 3 editions
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Kanai-kun

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3.93 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2014
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New Selected Poems

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The Art of Being Alone, Poe...

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Minimal

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3.77 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions
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Naked

4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1996 — 7 editions
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Sõnade asjatu flirt

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4.19 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 2010
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もこもこもこ [Moko Moko Moko]

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4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1977 — 3 editions
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かないくん [Kanaikun]

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Quotes by Shuntarō Tanikawa  (?)
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“This thing called universal gravitation
Is the power of loneliness pulling together.”
Shuntaro Tanikawa

“We might meet again, someday between dreams at dawn.”
Shuntarō Tanikawa, New Selected Poems

“It’s distance that makes
mountains mountains.
Looked at closely,
they start to resemble me.”
Shuntarō Tanikawa, 62 Sonnets & Definitions

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