Itō Hiromi

Itō Hiromi is one of the most important poets of contemporary Japan. She is often credited with revolutionizing postwar Japanese poetry with her work focusing on sexuality, childbirth, and women’s bodies. She later moved to the U.S., and has since focused on migration and the psychological effects of linguistic and cultural alienation. She is the multi-award-winning author of over ten collections of poetry, numerous essay collections and translations and several novellas and novels.

She is the author of Killing Kanoko / Wild Grass on the Riverbank (translated by Jeffrey Angles).