About Shinkichi Takahashi
Lived 1901 – 1987 (aged 86). Shinkichi Takahashi was a Japanese poet and writer.
was a Japanese poet. He was one of the pioneers of Dadaism in Japan. According to Makoto Ueda, he is also the only major Zen poet of modern Japanese literature.
He was born on Shikoku.
His Collected Poems won the Japanese Ministry of Education Prize for Art.
Works Dadaist Shinkichi's Poetry 1923 Triumph of the Sparrow: Zen Poems of Shinkichi Takahashi Translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Grove Press, 2000 After Images: Zen Poems by Shinkichi Takahashi Translated by Lucien Stryk and Takashi Ikemoto. Doubleday, Anchor Books, 1972 (verse) Spanish translation: En la quietud del mundo. Translated by José Luis Fernández Castillo and Kyoko Mizoguchi. Madrid, Pre-textos, 2018.
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Who was Shinkichi Takahashi?
Japanese poet
When was Shinkichi Takahashi born?
Shinkichi Takahashi was born on 28 January 1901 in Shikoku.
When did Shinkichi Takahashi die?
Shinkichi Takahashi died on 5 June 1987.
What was Shinkichi Takahashi's occupation?
Shinkichi Takahashi was a poet and writer.
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Shinkichi Takahashi was Japanese.
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