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Winner of the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation The electrifying collected works of one of the most innovative and prominent avant-garde poets in early twentieth-century Japan (The New Yorker).
Translated by and with an introduction by Sawako Nakayasu
An important and daringly experimental voice in Tokyos avant-garde poetry scene, Chika Sagawa broke with the gender-bound traditions of Japanese poetry. Growing up in isolated rural Japan, Sagawa moved to Tokyo at seventeen, and begin publishing her work at was immediately recognized as a leading light of the male-dominated Japanese literary scene; her work combines striking, unique imagery with Western influences. The results are short, sharp, surreal poems about human fragility and the beauty of nature from Japans first female Modernist poet.
The Modern Library Torchbearers series features women who wrote on their own terms, with boldness, creativity, and a spirit of resistance.
AMERICAN INDIAN STORIES THE AWAKENING THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY THE HEADS OF CERBERUS LADY AUDLEYS SECRET LOVE, ANGER, MADNESS PASSING THE RETURN OF THE SOLDIER THERE IS CONFUSION THE TRANSFORMATION OF PHILIP JETTAN VILLETTE
Author: Chika Sagawa
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Modern Library
Published: 08/11/2020
Series: Modern Library Torchbearers
Pages: 176
Weight: 0.3lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.60d
ISBN: 9780593230015
Language: English
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