Lucille Nixon, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Lucille Nixon

American writer

Date of Birth: 24-Dec-1908

Date of Death: 22-Dec-1963

Profession: writer, poet

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Lucille M.
Nixon (December 24, 1908 – December 22, 1963) was a poet and school supervisor from Palo Alto, California.
In 1957 she became the first foreigner selected to participate in Utakai Hajime, the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading of Japan.
Nixon performed a 31 syllable waka about the Horyu-ji, a Buddhist temple she had visited on a trip two years earlier.
After her reading, she won the praises of Emperor Hirohito, who encouraged her to continue writing Japanese poetry so she could become a "bridge" between Japan and the United States.
Hirohito is a controversial figure who was deeply involved in making decisions to invade Asian Countries such as China, Korea, Philippine, etc, and was behind the Nanking massacre which over 300,000 lives perished.
Nixon died in 1963.
She authored a number of books.
Among them are: The Choice is Always Ours: The Classic Anthology on the Spiritual Way, Dorothy B.
Phillips (Editor), Lucille M.
Nixon (Editor), Elizabeth B.
Howes (Editor) Sounds from the unknown; a collection of Japanese-American tanka, Lucille M.
Nixon (Editor), Tomoe Tana Young ranchers at Oak Valley Living in JapanAn elementary school in Palo Alto currently bears her name.