Yuko Taniguchi
Yuko Taniguchi is a Japanese American poet and novelist.
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.
Awards
- 2008 American Book Award
- 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