Takarabe Toriko

Takarabe Toriko was born in 1933 in Niigata prefecture. Two months after her birth, she left with her parents to live in Manchukuo. Following repatriation with her family in 1946, she went on to become one of Japan’s most eminent poets. She is particularly noted for her evocations of her youth and has received numerous prizes for her work over a long career.