Kathryn Waddell Takara


Kathryn "Kay" Waddell Takara is an American poet. She won a 2010 American Book Award for Pacific Raven: Hawai`i Poems.

Professional background

Takara graduated from Tufts University with a Bachelor's degree in 1965, from the University of California, Berkeley, with a Masters degree in 1969, and from University of Hawai'i with a PhD in 1995. She taught at the Interdisciplinary Studies Program at the University of Hawai`i at Manoa.

Published works