Ryoko Sekiguchi (;

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, December 21, 1970) is a

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poet and translator. She studied journalism at

Waseda University Waseda University (Japanese: ), abbreviated as or , is a private university, private research university in Shinjuku, Tokyo. Founded in 1882 as the Tōkyō Professional School by Ōkuma Shigenobu, the fifth Prime Minister of Japan, prime ministe ...

. After graduating, she studied History of Art at the Sorbonne and received a doctorate in comparative literature and cultural studies at the

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. She publishes her books in both

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and

and works for institutions like

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. A quote in French, attributed to Sekiguchi, appears at the top of the label of 2016 vintage

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from

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: "''Percevoir l'énigme sans prétendre la résoudre: la seule façon de vivre sa vie''." ("To see the mystery, but not to solve it: the only way to live a life.")

Works

*''Manger fantôme'', Argol, coll. Vivres, 2012. *''L'astringent'', Argol, coll. Vivres, 2012. *''Ce n'est pas un hasard'', Chronique japonaise, P.O.L., 2011. *''Adagio ma non troppo'', Le Bleu du ciel, 2007. *''Héliotropes'', P.O.L, 2005. *''Deux marchés'', P.O.L, 2005. *''Le Monde est rond'', with Suzanne Doppelt and Marc Charpin, Créaphis, 2004. *''Calque'', P.O.L, 2001. *''Cassiopée Péca'', cipM, 2001. *''Hakkouseï S´Diapositive'', Tokio, 2000 *'' omposition'', Tokio, 1996 *''Cassiopée Péca'', 1993 961 heures à Beyrouth 2021

References

1970 births Living people 21st-century Japanese women writers French-language writers from Japan 21st-century Japanese translators Waseda University alumni {{Japan-writer-stub