Yuko Taniguchi

Yuko Taniguchi (born in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese American poet, and novelist.

Life

She graduated from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University and from the University of Minnesota with a M.F.A.

She teaches at University of Minnesota.[1]

Awards
  • 2008 American Book Award (The Before Columbus Foundation)
  • Finalist, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize [2]
  • 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[3]
  • Honorable Mention, The 2007 Gustayus Myers Center Outstanding Book Awards Advancing Human Rights

Works

Poetry
  • Foreign Wife Elegy. Coffee House Press. 2004. ISBN 978-1-56689-148-6. Yuko Taniguchi.

Novels
  • The Ocean in the Closet. Coffee House Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56689-194-3.
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References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on June 9, 2010. Retrieved October 20, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.csbsju.edu/csbalum/news/2008/08/Yuko_taniguchi.htm%5B%5D
  3. "The Ocean in the Closet is a 2007 Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Award finalist". Foreword Reviews. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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