
Haiku in English
The First Hundred Years
WW Norton & Co (Publisher)
Published on 8. March 2016
Book
Paperback/Softback
464 pages
978-0-393-34887-3 (ISBN)
Description
Haiku in English is an anthology of more than 800 brilliantly chosen poems that were originally written in English by over 200 poets from around the world. Although haiku originated as a Japanese art form, it has found a welcome home in the English-speaking world. This collection tells the story for the first time of Anglophone haiku, charting its evolution over the last hundred years and placing it within its historical and literary context.
Reviews / Votes
"A large, revealing anthology." -- Hiroaki Sato - Japan Times "Shows [this] poem's brief form isn't lost in translation." -- Jim Higgins - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel "Rich in variety. There is the poignant ... the flippant ... the experimental." -- Andrea Miller - Shambala SunMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 126 mm
Thickness: 35 mm
Weight
291 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-393-34887-3 (9780393348873)
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Persons
Jim Kacian is the founder of the Haiku Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to archiving and promoting haiku in English, and of Red Moon Press, the largest non-Japanese publisher of haiku-related books. He lives in Winchester, Virginia. Philip Rowland teaches literature at Tamagawa University in Tokyo, where he lives, and is founder and editor of NOON: Journal of the Short Poem. Allan Burns is a professional editor who compiled the haiku anthology Montage: The Book. He lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Billy Collins was the Poet Laureate of the United States and the State of New York. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College and a Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute. A Literary Lion of the New York Public Library and author of many collections of poetry, including Bright Wings: An Illustrated Anthology of Poems About Birds and Horoscopes for the Dead, he lives in Westchester, New York.