Research Catalog

Title

Heiwa (peace) : peace poetry in English and Japanese / edited by Jiro Nakano and Brien Hallett.

Publication

Honolulu, Hawaiʻi : Spark M. Matsunaga Institute for Peace, University of Hawaiʻi : Distributed by University of Hawaiʻi Press, [1995], ©1995.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Holdings

Details

Additional Authors

• Nakano, Jiro.
• Hallett, Brien.

Description

xvi, 160 pages; 21 cm

Summary

• Heiwa, which means "peace" in Japanese, is a bilingual poetry anthology. Its 150 poems by 105 authors from America, Brazil, Canada, England, and Japan were chosen from over 300 submissions to an international competition. The rules of the competition allowed the poets to write haiku or tanka in English or Japanese on the theme of peace. The winning poems were then translated into the other language so as to make the poetry accessible to all.
• As an example of the range of the poets' exploration of the theme of peace, one of the English haiku poets offered the following meditation, "Sand castles/ becoming/ sand," while one of the Japanese haiku poets illustrated the importance of harmony in Japanese society by observing, "Wishing to be/ a reliable mother - / I shall make sushi."

Subjects

• English poetry > 20th century > Translations into Japanese
• Peace > Poetry
• Matsunaga, Spark M., 1916-1990
• Japanese poetry > 20th century > Translations into English
• Waka > Translations into English
• Haiku > Translations into English
• American poetry > 20th century > Translations into Japanese

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Language (note)

• English and Japanese.

ISBN

082481813X (acid-free paper)

LCCN

95042220

OCLC

ocm33667538

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries