Yoko Tawada

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essayist novelist person poet writer

Yoko Tawada is a Japanese-German writer known for her innovative, multilingual literature that explores themes of language, identity, and cultural displacement.

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
poet ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Akutagawa Prize ⓘ
Goethe Medal ⓘ
Kleist Prize ⓘ
National Book Award for Translated Literature ⓘ
Tanizaki Prize ⓘ
Warwick Prize for Women in Translation ⓘ
birthCountry Japan ⓘ
birthDate 1960-03-23 ⓘ
birthPlace Tokyo ⓘ
citizenship Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
educatedAt University of Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waseda University NERFINISHED ⓘ
familyName Yoko Tawada self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Tawada
genre essay ⓘ
fiction ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Yoko ⓘ
languageOfWriting German ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
literaryMovement contemporary literature ⓘ
name Yoko Tawada self-link ⓘ
nationality German ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ
notableFor depictions of cultural displacement ⓘ
exploration of language and identity ⓘ
innovative multilingual literature ⓘ
notableWork Facing the Bridge ⓘ
Memoirs of a Polar Bear ⓘ
Opium für Ovid ⓘ
The Bridegroom Was a Dog ⓘ
The Emissary ⓘ
Where Europe Begins ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
translator ⓘ
writer ⓘ
residence Berlin ⓘ
theme cultural displacement ⓘ
identity ⓘ
language ⓘ
migration ⓘ
multilingualism ⓘ
translation ⓘ
writesIn German ⓘ
Japanese ⓘ

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