The Spring of My Life: And Selected Haiku (Shambhala Pocket Library) - Softcover

Sam Hamill; Issa Kobayashi

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1611806933 ISBN 13: 9781611806939

Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc, 2019

Synopsis

An autobiographical blend of prose and haiku from one of Japan's greatest poets.

Kobayashi Issa, known for his attention to poignant detail and his playful sense of humor, is considered one of the greatest haiku poets of Japan. Issa's most-loved work, The Spring of My Life, is an autobiographical sketch of linked prose and haiku in the tradition of Basho's famous Narrow Road to the Interior.

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About the Author

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 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.

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Kobayashi Issa, known for his attention to poignant detail and his playful sense of humor, is considered one of the greatest haiku poets of Japan. Issa's most-loved work, The Spring of My Life, is an autobiographical sketch of linked prose and haiku in the tradition of Basho's famous Narrow Road to the Interior.

Edition details

• Publisher: Shambhala Publications Inc
• Publication date: 2019
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1611806933
• ISBN 13: 9781611806939
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 224