Sam Hamill

The Spring of My Life

And Selected Haiku

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An autobiographical blend of prose and haiku from one of Japan's greatest poets.Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827), along with Basho and Buson, is considered one of the three greatest haiku poets of Japan, known for his attention to poignant detail and playful sense of humor. Issa's most beloved work, The Spring of My Life, is an autobiographical sketch of linked prose and haiku in the tradition of Basho's celebrated Narrow Road to the Interior. This edition also includes more than 160 of Issa's most revered haiku and an introduction that provides essential background on Issa's life as well as valuable information on translating (and reading) haiku.T… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: Issa, Kobayashi

ISBN: 978-1-61180-693-9
EAN: 9781611806939
Produktnummer: 28872554
Verlag: Random House N.Y.
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 240 S.
Masse: H17.2 cm x B10.9 cm x D2.0 cm 214 g
Gewicht: 214

Über den Autor

KOBAYASHI ISSA (1763-1827), along with Basho and Buson, is considered one of the three greatest haiku poets of Japan.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 Decoración 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.