Shuntarō Tanikawa
Japanese poet and translator
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Shuntarō Tanikawa is a Japanese poet and translator. He is one of the most widely read and highly regarded of living Japanese poets, both in Japan and abroad, and a frequent subject of speculations regarding the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wikipedia
Born: 1931 (age 92 years), Tokyo City
Spouse: Yoko Sano (m. 1990–1996), Tomoko Okubo (m. 1957–1989), and Eriko Kishida (m. 1954–1955)
Books: Ordinary People
Children: Kensaku Tanikawa
Parents: Tetsuzō Tanikawa and Takiko Tanikawa
