Akiko Baba

Akiko Baba (馬場 あき子 Baba Akiko) (born January 28, 1928 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese tanka poet and literary critic.

She also has an interest in Noh drama, and her works have been performed at the National Theatre of Japan.[1] Heavenly Maiden Tanka is a collection of her poems translated by Hatsue Kawamura and Jane Reichhold.[2]

She has won a number of prizes, including the Yomiuri Prize and the Asahi Prize.

References

  1. ↑ J. Thomas Rimer : The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, Columbia University Press, 2011, ISBN 9780231157230, S. 686
  2. ↑ Burleigh, David (24 November 1999). "Ghostly tanka with a steely brightness - The Japan Times". The Japan Times.


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