east asia
modern japan
Kazuko Shiraishi was a Japanese poet and translator who was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She was a modernist, outsider poet who got her start in Katsue Kitazono's "VOU" poetry group, which led Shiraishi to publish her first book of poems in 1951. She also read her poetry at jazz performances. She appeared at readings and literary festivals all over the world.Wikipedia →
Works
聖なる淫者の季節
Seasons of Sacred Lust
Japanese · 1970Poetry Collection
2 translations
現れるものたちをして
Let Those Who Appear
Japanese · 1996Poetry Collection
2 translations
浮遊する母、都市
My Floating Mother, City
Japanese · 2003Poetry Collection
2 translations
満月の疾走
Sprint of the Full Moon
Japanese · 2007Poetry Collection
2 translations