Baba Akiko (born January 28, 1928) is a Japanese tanka poet and literary critic. Her real name is Iwata Akiko.
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She also has an interest in
Noh drama, and her works have been performed at the National Theatre of Japan.
[J. Thomas Rimer : The Columbia Anthology of Modern Japanese Literature, Columbia University Press, 2011, , S. 686] Heavenly Maiden Tanka is a collection of her poems translated by Hatsue Kawamura and Jane Reichhold.
She has won a number of prizes, including the 45th
Yomiuri Prize and the
Asahi Prize.
