Description
This bilingual book presents a generous selection of work by four distinguished twentieth-century poets who made significant contributions to the development of modern Japanese poetry. A general introduction provides the literary and historical context for their achievement, while each poet's work is prefaced with notes on his/her life and career.
Author: Takako Lento
Publisher: Cornell East Asia Series
Published: 09/18/2019
Pages: 200
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 8.30h x 5.40w x 1.10d
ISBN13: 9781939161994
ISBN10: 1939161991
BISAC Categories:
- Poetry | Asian | Japanese
- Literary Criticism | Asian | Japanese
About the Author
Takako Lento and W. S. Merwin's collaborative translation of Collected Haiku of Yosa Buson (2013) won the 2013-14 Japan-US Friendship Prize in Translation. Her recent publications include The Art of Being Alone and Tamura Ryuichi.
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