The Spring of My Life
And Selected Haiku
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- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
18 June 2019
Summary
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 m…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781611806939 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1611806933 |
| Author: | Sam Hamill, Issa Kobayashi |
| Publisher: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Imprint: | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 18 June 2019 |
| Weight: | 218g |
| Dimensions: | 21mm x 416mm x 209mm |
| Series: | Shambhala Pocket Library |
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About The Author
Sam Hamill
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 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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