Sadako Kurihara

nihongo|Sadako Kurihara|栗原貞子|Kurihara Sadako|extra=March 4, 1913–March 6, 2005 was a Japanese poetess who lived in Hiroshima and survived the nuclear holocaust there. She was four kilometers north of where the bomb exploded. She became famous for her poems about her city, especially "Bringing Forth New Life", [http://www.nhk.or.jp/peace/english/library/198006.html NHK Peace Archives] . Japan Broadcasting Corporation. Accessed February 29, 2008.] which was first published in March 1946. In 1990, she received the third annual Kiyoshi Tanimoto Peace Prize. She died of old age in her own home at the age of 92 in 2005.

External links

* [http://www.japantoday.com/jp/news/329928 Sadako Kurihara, Hiroshima poet who depicted A-bomb tragedy, dies] . Japan Today.
* [http://www.asianstudiesbooks.com/0939512890.htm When We Say 'Hiroshima'] . Richard H. Minear, University of Massachusetts. Published by Center for Japanese Studies, University of Michigan.

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