World Haiku Festival 2000 Photo Album

Martin Lucas, an eminent British haiku poet, commentator and the editor of "Presence", reading his paper on a critical review of haiku and Zen. His paper is part of WHC sequel to the famous essay by Professor Haruo Shirane, "Beyond The Haiku Moment: Basho, Buson, and Modern Haiku Myths". Professor Shirane, Shincho Professor of Japanese Literature at Colombia University, is the winner of the First Prize of the WHF2000 World Haiku Essays Competition for the aforementioned essay, and is an advisor of the WHC.

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