Yuko Taniguchi (born in

Yokohama, Japan is the second-largest city in Japan by population as well as by area, and the country's most populous municipality. It is the capital and most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a population of 3.7 million in 2023. It lies on Tokyo B ...

) is a Japanese American

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and

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Life

She graduated from the

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and from the

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with a

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degree. She teaches at the University of Minnesota.

Awards

* 2008 American Book Award (The

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) * Finalist, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize * Finalist, 11th Annual Asian American Literary Awards * 2008 Kiriyama Prize Notable Book * 15th Annual Skipping Stones Honor Awards * Finalist, Literary Fiction category for ForeWord Magazine's Book of the Year Awards * Honorable Mention, The 2007 Gustayus Myers Center Outstanding Book Awards Advancing Human Rights

Works

Poetry

Novels

References

External links

"Author's website""University of Minnesota, Rochester Faculty page
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