Inahata Teiko (; 8 January 1931 – 27 February 2022) was a Japanese

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poet, essayist and literary critic.

Life and career

Born in

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, the granddaughter of poet

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and the daughter of poet , Inahata had been composing

since she was still a child. She studied at Kobayashi Seishin Women's College. Inahata published her first collection of haiku in 1976. In 1979 she succeeded her father as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine '' Hototogisu'', and was editor of the newspaper ''

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''. In 1987 she founded and was the first secretary of the , later serving as its honorary president. She was a Catholic. Inahata died in Ashiya,

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on 27 February 2022, at the age of 91.

References

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1931 births 2022 deaths Japanese women poets Writers from Yokohama {{Japan-bio-stub