Yuko Taniguchi

Yuko Taniguchi (born in Yokohama, Japan) is a Japanese American poet and novelist.

Yuko Taniguchi
Born	Yokohama, Japan
Occupation	Poet novelist
Nationality	Japanese American
Education	College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University University of Minnesota (MFA)

Life

She graduated from the College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University and from the University of Minnesota with a Master of Fine Arts degree.

She teaches at the University of Minnesota.^[1]

Awards

• 2008 American Book Award (The Before Columbus Foundation)
• Finalist, The Dayton Literary Peace Prize^[2]
• 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^[3]
• Honorable Mention, The 2007 Gustayus Myers Center Outstanding Book Awards Advancing Human Rights

Works

Poetry

• Foreign Wife Elegy. Coffee House Press. 2004. ISBN 978-1-56689-148-6. Yuko Taniguchi.

Novels

• The Ocean in the Closet. Coffee House Press. 2007. ISBN 978-1-56689-194-3.