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Akiko Baba
Akiko Baba
	Akiko Baba
Native name	馬場あき子
Born	28 January 1928 (age 96); Tokyo, Japan
Pen name	馬場あき子

Akiko Baba (馬場あき子, Baba Akiko) (born January 28, 1928) is a Japanese tanka poet and literary critic. Her real name is Akiko Iwata (岩田暁子, Iwata Akiko).

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She also has an interest in Noh drama, and her works have been performed at the National Theatre of Japan.^[1] Heavenly Maiden Tanka is a collection of her poems translated by Hatsue Kawamura and Jane Reichhold.^[2] She has won a number of prizes, including the 45th Yomiuri Prize^[3] and the Asahi Prize.

References

^ J. Thomas Rimer : The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, Columbia University Press, 2011, ISBN 9780231157230, S. 686
^ Burleigh, David (24 November 1999). "Ghostly tanka with a steely brightness – The Japan Times". The Japan Times.
^ "読売文学賞" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 28, 2018.

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[1] J. Thomas Rimer : The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, Columbia University Press, 2011, ISBN 9780231157230, S. 686

[2] Burleigh, David (24 November 1999). "Ghostly tanka with a steely brightness – The Japan Times". The Japan Times.

[3] "読売文学賞" [Yomiuri Prize for Literature] (in Japanese). Yomiuri Shimbun. Retrieved September 28, 2018.

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