Yoko Tawada

Yoko Tawada was a Japanese novelist, playwright, writer, essayist, germanist and literary scholar (born 1960). She was born at Tokyo.

Overview

Born at Tokyo in 1960.

Career and activity

Yoko Tawada worked in essay, creative and professional writing, prose, poetry and drama.

She belonged to German Academy for Language and Literature, Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz and Academy of Arts, Berlin. She worked at Berlin.

Recognition and collections

Yoko Tawada received Gunzou Prize for New Writers, Akutagawa Prize, Adelbert von Chamisso Prize, Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature, Bunkamura Les Deux Magots Literature Award and Tanizaki Prize.

Catalogued works

8 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

The Last Children of Tokyo. Scattered All Over the Earth. The Naked Eye. Archipelago of the Sun. Bridegroom Was a Dog. Suggested in the Stars. Spontaneous Acts. Exophony.

Literature

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

Yoko Tawada, Oxford Scholarship Online, 2018. 1. Yoko Tawada, Dynamics of Alterity, 2026. 2. Yoko Tawada – reception, Dynamics of Alterity, 2026. Yoko Tawada Writes Ernst Jandl, Tawada Yoko, 2019. Yoko Tawada, Encyclopedia of German Literature, 2015.

In detail

Yoko Tawada studied at Waseda University, University of Hamburg and University of Zurich. training under Sigrid Weigel is recorded. the recorded working language is German and Japanese.

The field of work recorded is essay, creative and professional writing and prose. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are poetry.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Berlin. Membership is recorded of German Academy for Language and Literature, Academy of Sciences and Literature Mainz and Academy of Arts, Berlin.

Distinctions recorded are Gunzou Prize for New Writers, Akutagawa Prize, Adelbert von Chamisso Prize and Izumi Kyōka Prize for Literature.

Chronology

  1. 1960Yoko Tawada born at Tokyo.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Yoko Tawada”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q451058: Yoko Tawada

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