Takashi Hiraide
Takashi Hiraide was born in Moji, now part of Kitakyūshū, in 1950. A renowned poet, linked to the publishing world for many years, he has also worked as a literary critic and poetry professor.
He graduated from Hitotsubashi University in the 1970s and shortly thereafter published his first poetry collection (The Inn, 1976), balancing his career as a poet with his work at the Kawadeshobishinsha publishing house in Tokyo.
In 2001, he debuted with his first novel after years of establishing himself as a poet.
Takashi Hiraide's works have been highly praised by Japanese author Kenzaburo Oé, who considers them “an experiment that sheds light on a completely new type of prose within the same poetry.”
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