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The Pocket Haiku

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Full Title:

The Pocket Haiku

Contributors:

By (Author) Sam Hamill

ISBN:

9781611807004

Publisher:

Shambhala Publications Inc

Imprint:

Shambhala Publications Inc

Publication Date:

29th October 2019

UK Publication Date:

28th October 2019

Country:

United States

Classifications

Readership:

General

Fiction/Non-fiction:

Non Fiction

Dewey:

895.6132

Physical Properties

Physical Format:

Paperback

Number of Pages:

144

Dimensions:

Width 108mm, Height 171mm

Description

A collection of classical Japanese haiku selected and translated by one of America's premier poet-translators. Haiku may be the most popular and widely recognized poetic form in the world. In just three lines, a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. In this collection of haiku, translator Sam Hamill has compiled the best of traditional Japanese poetry, with a particular focus on the three great masters- Basho, Buson, and Issa. Based on images from nature, the poems address the themes of joy, temporality, beauty, wonder, loneliness, and loss.

Author Bio

SAM HAMILL (1943-2018) translated more than two dozen books from ancient Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Latin, and Estonian and published fourteen volumes of original poetry. He was the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the Mellon Fund; and was awarded the Decoraci n de la Universidad de Carabobo in Venezuela, the Lifetime Achievement Award in Poetry from Washington Poets Association, and the PEN American Freedom to Write Award. He cofounded and served as Editor at Copper Canyon Press for thirty-two years and was the Director of Poets Against War.

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