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Ayane Kawata is a major Japanese poet. She has publishes eight(?) collections of poetry in Japanese.

She was born in China in 1940. In 1945 her family returned to Japan where she grew up. She has lived most of her life outside Japan, including in London, Switzerland, France and Italy. She has traveled the world extensively recently in China and Ireland. Here latest book, entitled: "A Person of Driftwood", was inspired by her time on The Aran Islands in County Galway, Ireland.

Her books "Time of Sky" and "Castles in the AIr" were translated into English by Sawako Nakayasu and published as a single volume.

In 2011 that volume was nominated and short-listed for the Best Translated Book Award.