Pandora IV is the fourth edition of the Pandora Books. As before, we aimed at the
International-ty, delivered from Japan. Crossing over the differences of countries, races, languages, and literary or art genres, you can read poems, haiku, tanka, essays, long poems, paintings, photos, art event posters, illustrations, etc. Poets & artists are all the outstanding ones in each country as well in the international society: from US, Korea, Germany and, Japanese poets from any areas of Japan. Besides, you can see the photos of the Pandora Awarded work, for 2019, The Stony Buddhas: shot by Koichi Yakushigawa, and can read his own poem. For others: reports of the cultural exchange or the members’ activities on Berlin Japan Fair, with photos of the Walls, whose parts are left for us to see the witness of our history.
Profile of Noriko Mizusaki
Born in Tokyo, Japan. She is a translator, essayist, poet, and a poet of tanka and haiku. She is acting as a chief editor of PANDORA Books, annual. She graduated from Waseda University, Tokyo, in the first Literature faculty, majoring in UK & US literature. She studied at the English Studies, in the master course to gain the degree and finished the doctor course. She had one year living and studing in Boston, Massachusetts, attending a seminar of the graduate class, in Harvard University. She experienced so many travels and attended poetry festivals international, as well as domestic.
Books co-edited: Kazue Shinkawa & Noriko Mizusaki/ From Aunties to Children(1): A Gift of Bouquet of Poems (2018, BookWay), Kazuko Shiraishi & Noriko Mizusaki/ From Aunties to Children(2): A Gift of Singing Poems (2021, Academic Research Publication).
Collected Tanka Poems: A Long Travel to Horyuji-Temple (2022, Academic Research Publication)
Translation Book into Japanese: Sally Ito, "The Emperor's Orphans: the first chapter" (2022, Academic Research Publication)
Memberships: California POV Zoom, in USA, Japan Poets Club, Japan Pen Club.
Prizes: Oki-island Emperor Gotoba Memorial prize, In Tokyo-Seoul-Beijing Thee Cities Mayers’ Prize for Peace Achievements. The Golden Crown for the Poet of Laureate in Osaka, Japan: in 2014 UPLI/ WCP.
Her PR: The Emperors Orphans (Her Latest Translation published in Japanese) and The Long Travel to Horyuji-Temple (Her Recent Best Waka Poems)
Noriko Mizusaki HP: http://www1.odn.ne.jp/ ~Cat 32320. Facebook: Noriko Mizusaki & 水崎野里子
