Naoshi koriyama biography
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A LOAF OF POETRY – Naoshi Koriyama / From opposite sides of the globe, nurturing a lifelong friendship.
A native of the subtropical Amami Islands, between mainland Japan and Taiwan.
Naoshi koriyama biography
In 2011, he published his first volume entirely in Japanese. His interest in poetry came from using it as a tool to combat his feelings of loneliness. Member Poetry Society Japan, Japanese English language educator and poet, in Italy he recipient International Poetry prize, 1988.
Born in Kikai Island (Kagoshima Prefectur), into a November day, 1926, NAOSHI KORIYAMA he graduated from the New York State College for Teachers at Albany (USA), in 1954, returning to Japan to teach and write poetry.
Naoshi koriyama
He has published nine collections in English, three from Japanese to English. From 1967 until 1997, he was a professor at Toyo University.
His first love is writing poetry in English. Perhaps, he is more appreciated in the United States than in Japan.
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