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Sawako Nakayasu [1]

Listed as: 
Poet
Public address: 
Boston, MA
Massachusetts US
Bio: 

Sawako Nakayasu was born in Japan raised in the US, and has also lived in France and China along the way. Her most recent books are The Ants (Les Figues Press, 2014), and Texture Notes (Letter Machine, 2010), and recent translations include The Collected Poems of Sagawa Chika (Canarium Books, 2015), and Tatsumi Hijikata’s Costume en Face (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2015). Other books include Hurry Home Honey (Burning Deck, 2009), and Mouth: Eats Color – Sagawa Chika Translations, Anti-translations, & Originals, which is a multilingual work of both original and translated poetry. She has received fellowships from the NEA and PEN, and her own work has been translated into Japanese, Norwegian, Swedish, Arabic, Chinese, and Vietnamese.

Gives readings: 
Yes
Travels for readings: 
Yes
In which languages are you fluent?: 
English
French
Japanese
Born in: 
Yokohama
Japan
Raised in: 
CA
California
Website: 
http://www.sawakonakayasu.net/ [2]
Prizes won: 

2009 Best Translated Book Award, NEA, PEN.

Prefers to work with: 
Adults
At Risk Youth
Children
Teenagers

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Links
[1] https://www.pw.org/directory/writers/sawako_nakayasu [2] http://www.sawakonakayasu.net/