Daigaku Horiguchi

Daigaku Horiguchi
Horiguchi in 1954
Born(1892-01-08)8 January 1892
Died15 March 1981(1981-03-15) (aged 89)
Occupationwriter
Genrepoetry

Daigaku Horiguchi (堀口 大学; 8 January 1892 – 15 March 1981) was a poet and translator of French literature in Taishō and Shōwa period Japan. He is credited with introducing French surrealism to Japanese poetry, and to translating the works of over 66 French authors into Japanese.