Teiko Inahata
{{Short description|Japanese haiku poet, essayist, and literary critic (1931–2022)}}
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| name = Teiko Inahata
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| native_name = 稲畑汀子
| native_name_lang = ja
| birth_date = {{Birth-date|8 January 1931}}
| birth_place = Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan
| death_date = {{Death-date and age|27 February 2022|8 January 1931}}
| death_place = Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
| other_names =
| occupation = Poet
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Inahata Teiko ({{Langx|ja|稲畑汀子}}; 8 January 1931 – 27 February 2022) was a Japanese haiku poet, essayist and literary critic.
Life and career
Born in Yokohama, the granddaughter of poet Kyoshi Takahama and the daughter of poet {{Interlanguage link|Toshio Takahama|ja|稲畑汀子}}, Inahata had been composing haiku since she was still a child.{{cite book |last1=Lowitz |first1=Leza |last2=Aoyama |first2=Miyuki |last3=Tomioka |first3=Akemi |title=A Long Rainy Season: Haiku and Tanka |date= 1998 |publisher=Stone Bridge Press |isbn=978-1-880656-15-0 |page=52 |language=en |chapter=teiko inahata}}{{cite book |last1=Ueda |first1=Makoto |title=Far Beyond the Field: Haiku by Japanese Women : an Anthology |date=2003 |publisher=Columbia University Press |isbn=978-0-231-12863-6 |pages=169–70 |language=en |chapter=Inahata Teiko}} She studied at Kobayashi Seishin Women's College.
Inahata published her first collection of haiku in 1976. In 1979 she succeeded her father as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Hototogisu, and was editor of the newspaper The Asahi Shimbun. In 1987 she founded and was the first secretary of the {{Interlanguage link|Traditional Haiku Society|ja|日本伝統俳句協会}}, later serving as its honorary president.{{cite book |last1=Cobb |first1=David |title=Haiku: The Poetry of Nature |date=2002 |publisher=Universe |isbn=978-0-7893-0826-9 |page=86 |language=en}} She was a Catholic.
Inahata died in Ashiya, Hyōgo Prefecture on 27 February 2022, at the age of 91.{{cite news |title=俳人の稲畑汀子さん死去 「ホトトギス」名誉主宰 朝日俳壇前選者 |url=https://www.asahi.com/articles/ASQ2X4T3PQ2XUCLV007.html |access-date=6 March 2022 |issue=28 February 2022 |publisher=Asahi Digital}}
References
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External links
- [https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL4704398A/Teiko_Inahata Teiko Inahata] at OpenLibrary
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Category:Writers from Yokohama
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