The Sound of Water: Haiku by Basho, Buson, Issa, and Other Poets - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1570620199 ISBN 13 : 9781570620195

Editeur : Shambhala Publications Inc, 2006

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

Here are more than two hundred of the best haiku of Japanese literature translated by one of America’s premier poet-translators. The haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world. In just three lines a great haiku presents a crystalline moment of image, emotion, and awareness. This illustrated collection includes haiku by the great masters from the seventeenth to the early twentieth century.

Biographie de l'auteur

Sam Hamill is the author of more than thirty books of poetry, essays, and translations from the classical Chinese and Japanese, ancient Greek, Latin, and other languages. He has been a recipient of fellowships from the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Andrew Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, and the Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission. He lives near Port Townsend, Washington.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1570620199
• ISBN 13: 9781570620195
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible