Mimi Hachikai
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Japanese
Mimi Hachikai (1974–) won the Nakahara Chūya Prize with her debut collection in 1999, which was translated by Juliet Winters Carpenter (The Quickening Field). Ever since, she’s been a prolific writer of poetry, fiction, and essays. Her prize-winning fifth collection Kao wo arau mizu (Some Water to Wash My Face, 2015) covers private matters, such as the death of her father, as well as historic catastrophes, such as the 2011 Tōhoku Earthquake and its subsequent nuclear disaster.