Hiromi Itō

Hiromi Itō
伊藤 比呂美
Itō in 2008
Born (1955-09-13) September 13, 1955
Tokyo, Japan
OccupationPoet, novelist
PeriodModern
GenrePoetry
PartnerHarold Cohen

Hiromi Itō (伊藤 比呂美, Itō Hiromi, born September 13, 1955) is a Japanese poet, novelist and essayist. Having won two Akutagawa Prizes and a Mishima Yukio Prize, she is considered one of the most prominent women writers of contemporary Japan. She is currently teaching at School of Culture, Media and Society in Waseda University.