Mariko Nagai is a Japanese-born poet and writer who writes in English. Although she was born in Japan, she grew up in

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, and

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due to her father's job transfers. She received an undergraduate degree from

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, and later a graduate degree from

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. She is a Professor of creative writing and Japanese literature, and director of research at

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in Tokyo.

Books

*''Under the Broken Sky'', Henry Holt & Co., 2019 *''Irradiated Cities'', Les Figues Press, 2017 *''Dust of Eden'', Albert Whitman & Co, 2014 * ''Instructions for the Living'', Word Temple Press, 2012 * ''Georgic: Stories'', BkMk Press / University of Missouri Kansas City, 2010 * ''History of Bodies: Poems'', Red Hen Press, 2007

Awards

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Fellowship from New York University *Fellowships from the

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Bellagio Center and

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*UNESCO-Aschberg Bursaries for the Arts *Finalist in the 2010 Leapfrog Press Global Fiction Prize Contest for ''Weight of the Land'

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Pushcart Prize The Pushcart Prize is an American literary prize published by Pushcart Press that honors the best "poetry, short fiction, essays or literary whatnot" published in the small presses over the previous year. Magazine and small book press editors are ...

for her poetry and fiction *Benjamin Saltman Prize from Red Hen Press for ''Histories of Bodies'' *G.S. Sharat Chandra Fiction Prize (2009) from BkMk Press for ''Georgic: Stories''

References

External links

Maria Nagai - Bio, Age, Wiki, Video, Family & PhotosMariko Nagai's websiteJapan Times article about Mariko Nagai
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