The Pocket Haiku by Sam Hamill - ISBN: 9781611807004
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Crystalline moments of nature: joy, wonder, loss in seventeen syllables.

The Pocket Haiku

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    144 pages

  • Release Date

    29 October 2019

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Summary

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 …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781611807004
ISBN-10:161180700X
Author:Sam Hamill
Publisher:Shambhala Publications Inc
Imprint:Shambhala Publications Inc
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:144
Release Date:29 October 2019
Weight:122g
Dimensions:171mm x 108mm
Series:Shambhala Pocket Library
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About The Author

Sam Hamill

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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