Maxianne Berger (born January 26, 1949, Toronto, Ontario, Canada), retired clinical audiologist, poet, and translator. Turned from lyrical poetry to Japanese genres around 2000, and her tanka, haikai, articles, and reviews, in both English and French, are published internationally, in print and online. Coedited two anthologies of haiku and two of tanka. Author of five books, most recently You Are Here (2025). Explorer of Oulipo constraints for haiku, her Winnows (2016), an erasure of Moby Dick, tied for 3rd Prize in the 2017 HSA Merit Book Awards. Recently concentrated on photo haiga. Has lived in Montreal since 1949.