Kikuo Takano
Kikuo Takano (高野 喜久雄, Takano Kikuo?, November 20, 1927 – May 1, 2006) was a Japanese poet and mathematician. He was born on Sado Island in 1927. He graduated from Utsunomiya Agricultural College in 1948.
He began to write poems from the next day Japan had ended its role in World War II. Being inspired from surrealism and Heidegger, he wrote poems that asks the meaning of being. He was awarded the Attilio Bertolucci Award for his poetry.
Takano also discovered a Machin-like formula for calculating pi.[1]
Bibliography
- Takano, Kikuo (2004). Toward Meaning: Poems of Kikuo Takano. P.S., A Press, Middletown Springs, VT (see [1]). ISBN 1-889087-10-6. OCLC 57022910.
- Takano, Kikuo (2003). In the High Sky - Selected Poems (Italian). Mondadori (Italy). ISBN 88-04-51316-0. OCLC 59881533.
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| Persondata |
| Name |
Takano, Kikuo |
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| Short description |
Poet and mathematician |
| Date of birth |
November 20, 1927 |
| Place of birth |
Sado Island, Japan |
| Date of death |
May 1, 2006 |
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