Yuko Taniguchi
Yuko Taniguchi (born in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese American poet and novelist.
Yuko Taniguchi
- Name
- Yuko Taniguchi
- Birthplace
- Yokohama, Japan
- Occupation
- * Poet
- Education
- College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University University of Minnesota (MFA)
- Born
- 1975
- Nationality
- United States
- Honours
- American Book Awards
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• Name — Yuko Taniguchi • Birthplace — Yokohama, Japan • Occupation — * Poet • novelist • Education — College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University University of Minnesota (MFA)
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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.
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• 2008 American Book Award (The Before Columbus Foundation) • Finalist, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize • 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 • Honorable Mention, The 2007 Gustayus Myers Center Outstanding Book Awards Advancing Human Rights
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