John Solt

John Solt
Born (1949-11-06) November 6, 1949
Cape Town, South Africa
Known forWork on Kitasono Katue and Yamamoto Kansuke
AwardsJapan–U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
Sophia University
Gakushūin University
Harvard University

John Solt (born November 6, 1949) is an American poet, translator, publisher, and scholar specializing in the Japanese 20th-century avant-garde. He is an authority on the poets Kitasono Katue and Yamamoto Kansuke. Solt's work has focused on bringing the contributions of Japanese surrealists to an international audience.

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