Chimako Tada

Chimako Tada
Born (1930-04-01)1 April 1930
Tokyo, Japan
Died 23 January 2003(2003-01-23) (aged 72)
Occupation poet, translator, academic
Nationality Japanese
Period 1930–2003

Chimako Tada (多田智満子 Tada Chimako, April 1, 1930 – January 23, 2003) was a Japanese poet renowned for her surreal style and evocation of women's experience in post-war Japan.[1] She authored more than 15 books of Japanese poetry, and also translated prose and poetry from French.[2] Tada wrote in traditional styles, such as tanka and haiku, as well as contemporary prose poetry.[3]

Works by Tada

Volumes of poetry

English translations

Translations from French into Japanese

External links

References

  1. "Tada Chimako". Nihon jinmei daijiten Plus. Kodansha. Retrieved 19 September 2012.
  2. Forest of Eyes: Selected Poems of Tada Chimako. Trans. Jeffrey Angles. Berkeley: University of California Press, 2010.
  3. Moonstone Woman: Selected Poems and Prose. Trans. Robert Brady, Odagawa Kazuko, and Kerstin Vidaeus. Rochester, MI: Katydid Books, 1990.
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