The poet Miyazawa Kenji (1896-1933) was an early twentieth-century
Japanese modernist who today is known worldwide for his poetry and
stories as well as his devotion to Buddhism. "Miyazawa Kenji:
Selections" collects a wide range of his poetry and provides an
excellent introduction to his life and work. Miyazawa was a teacher
of agriculture by profession and largely unknown as a poet until
after his death. Since then his work has increasingly attracted a
devoted following, especially among ecologists, Buddhists, and the
literary avant-garde. This volume includes poems translated by Gary
Snyder, who was the first to translate a substantial body of
MiyazawaOCOs work into English. Hiroaki SatoOCOs own superb
translations, many never before published, demonstrate his deep
familiarity with MiyazawaOCOs poetry. His remarkable introduction
considers the poetOCOs significance and suggests ways for
contemporary readers to approach his work. It further places
developments in Japanese poetry into a global context during the
first decades of the twentieth century. In addition the book
features a Foreword by the poet Geoffrey OOCOBrien and essays by
Tanikawa Shuntaro, Yoshimasu Gozo, and Michael OOCOBrien."
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