The Pocket Haiku
$21.77
- Paperback
152 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2014
Summary
Quintessential classical Japanese haiku–selected and translated by one of America’s premier poet-translators–now available in a pocket edition.
In this collection of haiku, translator Sam Hamill has compiled the best from the tradition, spanning the sixteenth through nineteenth centuries, with 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.
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Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611801538 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1611801532 |
| Author: | Basho, Buson, Sam Hamill, Issa |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 152 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2014 |
| Weight: | 57g |
| Dimensions: | 113mm x 75mm x 10mm |
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About The Author
Basho
Sam Hamill has translated more than two dozen books from ancient Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Latin, and Estonian and is the author of fourteen volumes of original poetry. He has been the recipient of awards from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Lila Wallace-Reader’s Digest fund, the Andrew Mellon Fund, and the U.S.-Japan Friendship Commission.
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