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Mariko Kitakubo Profile

Mariko Kitakubo

Born in Tokyo.
Living in Mitaka-city, Tokyo
Membership
Japan Writers' Association,
Japan PEN Club,
Association of Contemporary Tanka Poets,
Japan Tanka Poets' Society,
Kokoro-No-Hana,
Tanka Society of America.
Tan-Ku Co-Founder
Tan-Ku Association, president

In commemoration of
15 years of tanka reading
The Latest Tanka Sequence
Original Tanka presented at
Spoken World Live

Contemprary Tanka Poet Mariko Kitakubo.
お知らせ

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Sept. 30th, 2018. I performed tanka reading at the Live Lyre event by Glass Lyre Press held at "BOOKMARKET" library in Chicago, U.S.A.
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It was my first performance in Chicago.
20180930_02.jpg I would like to extend my deep gratitude to Glass Lyre Press, with whom I have been connected via poem contribution, for giving me such a great opportunity to join this wonderful reading event!
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20180930_05.jpg Sunday, September 30, 2018
2:00 PM – 4:00 PM
The Book Market at Hangar One,
2651 Navy Blvd. Glenview, IL
Featuring:
Ruth Goring
Susanna Lang
Naoko Fujimoto
Mary Jo McMillin
Mariko Kitakubo
Laura Ring
Kathabela Wilson & Rick Wilson
Bill Yarrow
Glass Lyre Press 2018/09/30

Let me introduce the video taken in the event.  It is a part of my reading performance.

Mr. Rick Wilson helped my performance by adding beautiful sound of Shakuhachi flute.

 

 

Sunday, September 30, 2018

I will perform tanka reading at the Nagoya city tanka festival co-sponsored by Chubu Nihon Kajin Kai.

Tanka Festival - A Day of Classics / Tanka Reading Concert -

Date & Time: November 3rd, 2018 (Sat. & National Holiday) 14:00 - 16:00
Venue: Nagoya City Tanka Kaikan, 3F Meeting Room
Fee: 600 yen
Capacity: 40 people
*Pre-signup is required. The application will be closed as soon as the number of applicants reaches the capacity.

For application, please contact Nagoya City Tanka Kaikan via phone or e-mail and notify applicant's name and contact phone number.

Nagoya City Tanka Kaikan
Phone & FAX: 052-231-2223
e-mail: tanka@homex-co.com

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Monday, September 17, 2018

In commemoration of the 150th biligual tanka reading performance overseas, I compiled photos of 36 cities around the world where I performed Japanese-English tanka reading.  The photos of domestic cities where I attended international events are also included.

I would like to continue to devote myself to introduce the charm of tanka and Japanese poetic metera from now on.

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Friday, August 24, 2018

10 pieces of my English tanka selected from my anthology "INDIGO" were translated into German, and posted in the August issue of online poetry journal, "Einunddreissig".

Please refer to 7 - 9 pages of the pdf version from the url below.

https://www.kitakubo.com/files/medias/media/Einunddreissig_Ausgabe_22.pdf

You can also read the article in the Einunddreissig website.

https://www.einunddreissig.net/ausgabe-august-2018.html

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I would like to express my sincere gratitude toward everyone in Einunddreissig who picked me up and translated my work into German.

Ms. Valeria Barouch, one of the editors of Einunddreissig , thank you very much.

Thursday, August 23, 2018