25 min

Haiku workshop, spring 2020: Alan Cummings speaks with Clare Pollard Modern Poetry in Translation

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This podcast follows an online workshop on a selection of three haiku, chosen by Alan Cummings. Alan Cummings is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at SOAS University of London. He works on early modern Japanese literature and theatre. Amongst his translations is Haiku: Love (British Museum Press, 2013).

The workshop focused on three haiku, by Enomoto Seifu, Yosa Buson and Sugita Hisajo. Find out more about the workshop: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/workshop/haiku-workshop/

This workshop was generously sponsored by if:book as part of the Dot Award, set up to encourage literary authors to develop new work inspired by digital possibilities for literature.

This podcast follows an online workshop on a selection of three haiku, chosen by Alan Cummings. Alan Cummings is Senior Lecturer in Japanese Studies at SOAS University of London. He works on early modern Japanese literature and theatre. Amongst his translations is Haiku: Love (British Museum Press, 2013).

The workshop focused on three haiku, by Enomoto Seifu, Yosa Buson and Sugita Hisajo. Find out more about the workshop: https://modernpoetryintranslation.com/workshop/haiku-workshop/

This workshop was generously sponsored by if:book as part of the Dot Award, set up to encourage literary authors to develop new work inspired by digital possibilities for literature.

25 min