Shuntaro Tanikawa Shuntaro Tanikawa William I. Elliott
Poetry. Translated from the Japanese by William I. Elliott and Kawamura Kazuo. Revised edition of a classic that has sold over 100,000 copies in its Japanese edition. Tanikawa is the preeminent Japanese poet of his generation. These evocative hymns of childhood sung from the mouth of a child recreate first lies, first loves, first reactions to adults, playmates and secrets.
Poetry. Translated from the Japanese by William I. Elliott and Kawamura Kazuo. Revised edition of a classic that has sold over 100,000 copies in its J...
On Love, published in 1955 when Tanikawa was twenty-four, shows the poet engaging the world of our everyday lives. His earlier sense of the cosmic is not abandoned, but now he turns to love as one of the forces that makes the world go round. Billy the Kid, for instance, is here placed in the earlier context of Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude.
On Love, published in 1955 when Tanikawa was twenty-four, shows the poet engaging the world of our everyday lives. His earlier sense of the cosmic is ...
Poetry. Translated from the Japanese by William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura. Poet, dramatist, and translator Tanikawa Shuntaro's more than sixty volumes of poetry have brought him the major Japanese literary prizes and (in translation by Elliott and Kawamura) the American Book Award. He has read his work in Moscow, Leningrad, Berlin, Frankfurt, Rotterdam, London, the Academy of American Poets, and the Library of Congress. Other Tanikawa titles available from SPD include 62 SONNETS & DEFINITIONS, GIVING PEOPLE POEMS, and NAKED.
Poetry. Translated from the Japanese by William I. Elliott and Kazuo Kawamura. Poet, dramatist, and translator Tanikawa Shuntaro's more than sixty vol...
This extensive selection of Tanikawa Shuntaro's poetry reflects the full depth and breadth of his work, from his appearance as a fresh new voice to the mastery of his later poetry. It traces his artistic development and his shift in focus from man's cosmic destiny to the pathos of everyday life and a more internalized struggle with the nature of human expression. Lovers of poetry will find the experience exhilarating. The only such collection in English, this volume will prove indispensable to students and scholars of Japanese literature, as it opens a valuable new perspective on postware...
This extensive selection of Tanikawa Shuntaro's poetry reflects the full depth and breadth of his work, from his appearance as a fresh new voice to...
Shuntaro Tanikawa William I. Elliott Kazuo Kowamura
Shuntar Tanikawa was born in 1931 in Tokyo. Since publishing his debut collection Two Billion Light Years of Solitude in 1952, he has emerged as the leading voice of contemporary Japanese poetry. His poems are well known not just among readers of poetry; he has passionate fans throughout all of Japan. In addition to writing poetry, Tanikawa has been active in many other realms of literature. He has translated Mother Goose and Charles Shultz's Peanuts, has written the innovative picture books Myself and Songs Playing with Words, and has penned the lyrics for the theme song to Astro Boy and...
Shuntar Tanikawa was born in 1931 in Tokyo. Since publishing his debut collection Two Billion Light Years of Solitude in 1952, he has emerged as the l...
