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Pioneers of Modern Japanese Poetry

Muro Saisei, Kaneko Mitsuharu, Miyoshi Tatsuji, Nagase Kiyoko

Takako Lento editor

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Cornell University Press

Published:11th Mar '19

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This bilingual book presents a generous selection of work by four distinguished twentieth-century poets who made significant contributions to the development of modern Japanese poetry. A general introduction provides the literary and historical context for their achievement, while each poet's work is prefaced with notes on his/her life and career.

  • Winner of Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature 2019 (United States)
  • Short-listed for Lucien Stryk Asian Translation Prize 2020 (United States)

ISBN: 9781939161994

Dimensions: 216mm x 140mm x 27mm

Weight: 907g

200 pages