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Ito, Sally
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1964-
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Sally Ito was born in Taber, Alberta, in 1964. She studied poetry and creative writing at the University of British Columbia and while studying abroad for one year at Waseda University in Tokyo, she became aware of her Japanese Canadian identity.
As a writer, she has published poetry, short stories, and a memoir. She translated the work of Japanese children's poet Misuzu Kaneko by drawing on her time in Japan and experience of translating contemporary Japanese poetry.
She currently lives in Winnipeg, where she teaches creative writing at Canadian Mennonite University.
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http://viaf.org/viaf/117855300
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Created by Alston So, March 2026.