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Shuntarō Tanikawa

Shuntarō Tanikawa was a Japanese poet, screenwriter, writer, lyricist and translator (1931–2024). He was born at Suginami and died at Tokyo.

Also recorded as Shuntaro Tanikawa; Shuntarou Tanikawa.

Shuntarō Tanikawa in brief

Born
1931
Died
2024
Known for
poet, screenwriter, writer, lyricist, translator and video artist
Place of birth
Suginami
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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Shuntaro Tanikawa and Shuntarou Tanikawa. His recorded languages were Japanese and English.

He was the child of Tetsuzō Tanikawa. He married Eriko Kishida and Yōko Sano. One child is recorded: Kensaku Tanikawa.

Recognition and collections

Shuntarō Tanikawa received Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary Poetry, Noma award for children's literature, American Book Awards, Hagiwara Sakutarō Award, Asahi Prize and Golden Wreath. Work by Shuntarō Tanikawa is held by Oregon Poetry Collection and Museum of Modern Art.

Catalogued works

1 work under this name is catalogued by Wellcome Collection.

Yoru no byōin / Tanikawa Shuntarō saku ; Nagano Shigeichi shashin., dated 1979, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Tanikawa Shuntarō, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. The Selected Poems of Shuntarō Tanikawa, World Literature Today, 1984. Tanikawa Shuntarō: Koka-kōra ressun, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Tanikawa Shuntarō: Nijūoku kōnen no kodoku, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Selected Poems of Tanikawa Shuntarō『谷川俊太郎詩集続』(1979), The Art of Being Alone, 2011. Testimony, Instant, Memory. Spaces of cut and interruption in Video Letter (1982), by Shuji Terayama and Shuntaro Tanikawa, Aniki: Revista Portuguesa da Imagem em Movimento, 2014. Correspondência poética, Visualidades, 2019.

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

Video Letter (ビデオ・レター, 1983) — Internet Archive.

Evidence base

This article draws on 4 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 4 means 4 genuinely separate publishers of record. 16 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Shuntarō Tanikawa studied at Toyotama High School, Tokyo. the recorded working language is Japanese and English.

The field of work recorded is free verse, literature and poetry.

Work by Shuntarō Tanikawa is recorded in the collections of Oregon Poetry Collection and Museum of Modern Art.

Distinctions recorded are Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary Poetry, Noma award for children's literature, American Book Awards and Hagiwara Sakutarō Award.

Chronology

  1. 1931Shuntarō Tanikawa born at Suginami.
  2. 1979Yoru no byōin / Tanikawa Shuntarō saku ; Nagano Shigeichi shashin. (Wellcome Collection).
  3. 2024Shuntarō Tanikawa died at Tokyo.

Sources

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  1. 1.

    Selected Poems of Tanikawa Shuntarō『谷川俊太郎詩集続』(1979), The Art of Being Alone, 2011

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  2. 2.

    Tanikawa Shuntarō, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

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    Tanikawa Shuntarō: Koka-kōra ressun, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

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    Tanikawa Shuntarō: Nijūoku kōnen no kodoku, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

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  5. 5.

    The Selected Poems of Shuntarō Tanikawa, World Literature Today, 1984

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  6. 6.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Shuntarō Tanikawa.

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    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Shuntarō Tanikawa as creator.

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  8. 8.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Shuntarō Tanikawa.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    “Shuntarō Tanikawa”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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  10. 10.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1377715: Shuntarō Tanikawa

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