TAWARAMachi
（POET）
| 1962 | Born in Kadoma-City (Osaka-fu). Moved to Takefu-City (Fukui-ken) at the age of 14 |
| 1981 | Entered Waseda University, Tokyo and under the influence of her professor Yukitsuna Sasaki started writing Tanka |
| 1983 | Her Tanka were published in the magazine “KOKORO NO HANA” edited by Yukitsuna Sasaki |
| 1985 | After graduation she taught Japanese at Kanagawa Prefectural Hashimoto Highschool, where she was working until March 1989 |
| 1986 | Awarded 32nd Kadokawa Tanka Award for “A MORNING IN AUGUST” |
| 1987 | “SALAD ANNIVERSARY”, her first Tanka Collection was published and became a bestseller with nearly three million copies printed |
| 1988 | Award of the Japanese Poets Association for “SALAD ANNIVERSARY” |
| 1991 | Tanka Collection “KAZE NO TENOHIRA” was published |
| 1991-1998 | Assigned a committee member of the Japanese Language Council |
| 1995 | Assigned a member of the Central Educational Advisory Committee |
| 1997 | Publication of “CHOCOLATE REVOLUTION” |
| 1998 | Publication of the translated version of “CHOCOLATE”, publication of her new Tanka Collection “MIDAREGAMI” |
【TV appearances】
NHK Tanka’s World (NHK KADAN)
New Sunday Art Museum (NHK) “Travel to Museums”
| 【Book Release】 | ||
| “SALAD ANNIVERSARY” | 1987/05 | Kawadeshoboshinsha |
| “YOTSUBA NO ESSAY” (Essay Collection) | 1988/03 | Kawadeshoboshinsha |
| “KAZE NI NARU” (with pictures by Chihiro Iwasagi) | 1988/11 | Kawadeshoboshinsha |
| “MAHO NO TSUE” (Dialogue Collection) | 1989/05 | Kawadeshoboshinsha |
| “TORETATE NO TANKA DESU” (with photographs by Shinpei Asai) | 1987/12 | Kadokawa Shoten |
| “MOU HITOTSU NO AI” (2nd volume of TORETATE) | 1989/06 | Kadokawa Shoten |
| “OI, ORITE YO!” (translation of John Birmingham’s “OI, GET OFF YOUR TRAIN) | 1989/07 | JR West Japan Communications |
| “RINGO NO NAMIDA” (Essay Collection) | 1989/11 | Bunkei Shunju |
| “MADELINE NO CHRISTMAS” - translation of Ludwig Bemelmans picture book | 1989/12 | Yugakusha |
| “KAZE NO TENOHIRA” (Tanka Collection) | 1991/04 | Kawade Shoboshinsha |
| “TAKETORIMONOGATARI / ISEMONOGATARI” (in charge of ISEMONOGATARI translation into modern Japanese) | 1991/10 | Kodansha |
| “MACHI TAWARA’S HIGH TECH DIARY” (Essay Collection) | 1992/02 | Asahi Shinbunsha |
| “AI SURU ISEMONOGATARI” | 1992/05 | Chikumashobo |
| “TANKA NO TABI” | 1992/06 | Bunkeishunju |
| “FURUSATO NO KAZE NO NAKA NI HA” | 1992/11 | Kawade Shoboshinsha |
| “SHUN NO SKETCHBOOK” (Essay Collection) | 1993/01 | Kadokawa Shoten |
| “NINHONGO HA SUTEKI” (Dialogue Collection) | 1993/05 | Kawade Shoboshinsha |
| “READING TANKA” | 1993/10 | Iwanami Shoten |
| “ZUBANAKETE SABISHII ANO HIMAWARI NO YO NI” (Play) | 1993/12 | |
| “KASUMISO NO ONEESAN” (Essay Collection) | 1994/07 | Bungeishunju |
| “SOKO MADE NO SORA” (with pictures by Mitsumasa Anno) | 1995/04 | Kawade Shoboshinsha |
| “MISOHITO MOJI NO PALETTE” | 1995/04 | Chuokoyusha |
| “HON WO YOMU NICHIYOBI” | 1995/04 | Kawadeshoboshinsha |
| “KONNICHI HA FURUSATO” | 1995/06 | Kawadeshoboshinsha |
| “HIMAWARI NO HIBI” (Essay Collection) | 1995/06 | Benesse |
| “AI NO KISETSU” (joint edition with Fumiko Hatake) | 1995/07 | Art Days |
| “CHIISANA TOMODACHI” (with photographs by Suga Hiroshi) | 1996/11 | Kodansha |
| “HANA URANAI” (with pictures by Keibun Oota) | 1997/06 | Kadogawa Shoten |
| “CHOCOLATE REVOLUTION” | 1997/05 | Kawadeshoboshinsha |
| “HANATABA NO YO NI IDAKARETE MITAKU” （with photographs by Koichi Inakoshi ） | 1997/05 | Dohosha |
| “SAYONARA GOKKO” | 1997/06 | Kadogawa Shoten |
| “KAZE YORI MO KAZE”- Machi Tawara’s Tanka Collection (teaching material) | 1997/07 | Kyoiku Shuppan |
| “ANATA TO YOMU KOI UTA NO HYAKUSHU” | 1997/08 | Asahishinbunsha |
| “MIDAREGAMI BY CHOCOLATE LANGUAGE” | 1998/07 | Kawadeshoboshinsha |
| “MIDAREGAMI II BY CHOCOLATE LANGUAGE” | 1998/10” | Kawadeshoboshinsha |
【Machi Tawara's Chocolate Box】http://www.gtpweb.net/twr/
■◆ Latest works
・“Ka-kan Hai Book of Child and Me vol. 2” (Asahi Shimbun Publications）
・”Dokomademo” (Shufu-no-tomosha) (translation)
・“Pooh-san no Hana” – The 4th Tanka Collection (Bungeishunjusha)
・“Au Made no Jikan” – Tanka Collection (Bungeishunjusha)
・“Chisana Kotoba” (Iwanami Shoten)
・“Tanpopo no Hibi” (Shogakkan)
◆Serial
・“Mokuba no Jikan” (Tokyo Newspaper)
・“Shinshin Kuka Saijiki” (Weekly Shincho)
・“Miso Hitomoji Palette” (Chuo-koron sha)
・“Yomiuri Kadan” (Yomiuri Newspaper)
・“Kangaeru Tanka” in “Kangaeru Hito “ – quarterly magazine (Shinchosha)
・”Manyo no Tobira” (Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan)
(Correspondence between Machi Tawara & Yo Hitoto, musician, regarding creation of Tanka.
◆Homepage “Machi Tawara’s Chocolate box”
・“Ka-kan Hai Book of Child and Me vol. 2” (Asahi Shimbun Publications）
・”Dokomademo” (Shufu-no-tomosha) (translation)
・“Pooh-san no Hana” – The 4th Tanka Collection (Bungeishunjusha)
・“Au Made no Jikan” – Tanka Collection (Bungeishunjusha)
・“Chisana Kotoba” (Iwanami Shoten)
・“Tanpopo no Hibi” (Shogakkan)
◆Serial
・“Mokuba no Jikan” (Tokyo Newspaper)
・“Shinshin Kuka Saijiki” (Weekly Shincho)
・“Miso Hitomoji Palette” (Chuo-koron sha)
・“Yomiuri Kadan” (Yomiuri Newspaper)
・“Kangaeru Tanka” in “Kangaeru Hito “ – quarterly magazine (Shinchosha)
・”Manyo no Tobira” (Kadokawa Gakugei Shuppan)
(Correspondence between Machi Tawara & Yo Hitoto, musician, regarding creation of Tanka.
◆Homepage “Machi Tawara’s Chocolate box”
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