Tag: japanese literature

Are You An Echo? The Lost Poetry Of Misuzu Kaneko

Nicole Nolan December 15, 2016 Children, Gifts for Book Lovers, Language, New Releases, Poetry

“The flower shop man dreams of happiness for the flowers he sold.” The poems of Taisho era writer Misuzu Kaneko (née Teru, 1903-1930) have become the subject of a …

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Lost In Translation: 6 Female Japanese Authors Whose Work Should Be Available In English

Nicole Nolan December 4, 2016 Book Lists, Human Interest, Language, TBR, Women

Translation has been around forever, yet, since the Man Booker International Prize was established in 2005 and the Man Asian Literary Prize introduced in 2007, the state of literature …

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