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Takeda, Masako was born on September 1, 1945 in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. Daughter of Masazo and Ikuko (Nakata) Takeda.
(Cultural Writing. Memoir. Asian American studies. IN SEAR...)
Cultural Writing. Memoir. Asian American studies. IN SEARCH OF EMILY: JOURNEYS FROM JAPAN TO AMHERST is Takeda'saccount of several journeys to the United States from Japan to study the poetry, and life, of Emily Dickinson.Takeda not onlyrecounts how she discovered the places Dickinson lived, but she also relates how Dickinson touches her life and the lives of people she met along the way. Takeda also explores her relation to her native Japan from her vantage point in the U.S. and what it means to live abroad as a Japanese woman. She also tackles the problem of learning, living and writing in a second language. IN SEARCH OF EMILY chronicles the transformation of a young Japanese girl's blossoming interest in poetry into a lifelong pursuit after the enigmatic Emily Dickinson. MASAKO TAKEDA was born in Nagano, Japan, in 1945. She grew upin Osaka, where she now lives. Graduated from Kyoto University in 1972, Masako initially taught it Mie University and has been teaching at Osaka Shoin Women's Un
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Takeda, Masako was born on September 1, 1945 in Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan. Daughter of Masazo and Ikuko (Nakata) Takeda.
Bachelor in Japanese Literature, Kyoto University, Japan, 1968. Bachelor in American Literature, Kyoto University, Japan, 1970. Master of Arts in American Literature, Kyoto University, Japan, 1972.
Assistant lecturer Mie University, Tsu, Japan, 1972-1973, lecturer, 1973-1976, associate professor, 1976-1988, professor, 1988-1991, Osaka (Japan) Shoin Women's University, since 1991. Board directors Literature Pochette, Osaka, since 1989.
(Cultural Writing. Memoir. Asian American studies. IN SEAR...)
Member Higashi-Osaka Internationalization Committee, 1992, 95—, Higashi-Osaka Social Education Committee, 1993-1994. Member American Literature Society Japan, Emily Dickinson Society Japan (executive director 1986-2005), Emily Dickinson International Society.