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Koichiro Yamauchi is a Professor at Waseda University's Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences, specializing in American modern poetry. With a career spanning institutions like Shizuoka University and UC Berkeley, his research focuses on avant-garde American poets such as Michael Palmer, Ezra Pound, and Robert Duncan, alongside comparative studies of Japanese and Western contemporary poetry. He has led groundbreaking research on Objectivist poetry, anti-elegy, and Agamben's linguistic theories.
- 1994-1998: MA in English Literature, Meiji Gakuin University
- 1996-1997: UC Berkeley exchange program
- 1988-1992: BA in English, Dokkyo University
His research explores:
- Michael Palmer's hybridization of Dante's polysemy
- Ezra Pound's modernist legacy
- Giorgio Agamben's linguistic potentiality
- Anti-elegy as poetic evolution
- Postmedia adaptation ethics
His 15 most recent articles analyze American avant-garde poetry's intersections with philosophy, war discourse, and global cultural conversations, with a focus on linguistic materiality and ethical frameworks.
Scientific Awards:
- 7th Niwa Fumio Award (2016)
- Fukuoka Memorial Grant (2015)
He has taught courses on American literature history, modernist poetry, and literary criticism at Waseda and Shizuoka Universities, while organizing international poetry festivals and contributing to translation ethics research.