River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko by Akiko, Yosano

River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781570621468)

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River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko by Akiko, Yosano

River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko

$18.95
River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko by Akiko, Yosano

River of Stars: Selected Poems of Yosano Akiko

$18.95
Format: Paperback
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Yosano Akiko (1878-1942) is one of the most famous Japanese writers of the twentieth century. She is the author of more than seventy-five books, including twenty volumes of original poetry and the definitive translation into modern Japanese of the Tale of the Genji. Although probably best known for her exquisite erotic poetry, Akiko's work also championed the causes of feminism, pacifism, and social reform. Akiko's poetry is profoundly direct, often passionate, exposing the complexity of everyday emotions in poetic language stripped of artifice and presenting the full breadth of her poetic vision. Included are ninety-one of Akiko's tanka (a traditional five-line form of verse) and a dozen of her longer poems written in the modern style.

Author: Yosano Akiko
ISBN-10: 1570621462
ISBN-13: 9781570621468
Publisher: Shambhala
Language: English
Published: 03/18/1997
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.45lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.40d

Review Citation(s):
Publishers Weekly 04/28/1997 pg. 72
By Yosano Akiko
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Keiko Matsui Gibson is a poet and translator who teaches literature at Kanda University of International Studies in Chiba, Japan.

Sam Hamill has translated more than two dozen books from ancient Chinese, Japanese, Greek, Latin, and Estonian. He has published fourteen volumes of original poetry. He has been the recipient of fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Foundation, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, and the Mellon Fund. He was awarded the Decoraci 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 is the Director of Poets Against War.

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