A perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in literature, Tanikawa was a revered figure in Japan. Read more at straitstimes ...

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TOKYO — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and ...

TOKYO — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ... circulating with the famous poets of that era, like ...

Renowned Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, who transformed the landscape of modern Japanese poetry, has passed away at the age of 92. Tanikawa, credited with introducing a poignant yet conversational ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died. He was 92 ...