The Pocket Haiku - Couverture souple

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 161180700X ISBN 13 : 9781611807004

Editeur : Shambhala, 2019

Synopsis

A collection of classical Japanese haiku selected and translated by one of America's premier poet-translators.

Haiku is one of the most popular and widely recognized poetic forms in the world due to its brevity, emotion, and astounding ability to capture the unique experience of a single moment. This collection, beautifully translated by Sam Hamill, compiles over two hundred haiku from classic Japanese literature written by masters of the genre like Bashō, Buson, and Issa. Based on images from nature, these poems express themes of joy, temporality, beauty, wonder, loneliness, and loss, inviting the reader to participate in the authentic experiences of these poets.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

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 Decoración 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.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

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 nature, the poems address the themes of joy, temporality, beauty, wonder, loneliness, and loss.

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At the ancient pond
a frog plunges into
the sound of water
--Bashō

Nobly, the great priest
deposits his daily stool
in bleak winter fields
--Buson

A world of dew,
and within every dewdrop,
a world of struggle
--Issa

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Shambhala
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 161180700X
• ISBN 13: 9781611807004
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 144
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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