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The
World Haiku Festival 2002
Basho Journey: PRELUDE (4) |
The theme of the WHF2002 to be held in the coming September at Yuwa Town, Akita,
Japan is “Rogetsu, Shiki, Basho & R. H. Blyth”. As already mentioned,
the Festival commemorates the 130th anniversary of the birth of Rogetsu and
100th anniversary of the death of Shiki. Speakers will talk on one or some of
these four great men. Here are the list of main speakers including the ones
under negotiation. (Subject to change)
Speakers and co-ordinators in
alphabetical order
[Key-note Speech] Planned to be delivered at the Lord Mayor’s
evening
reception
- Hackett, James W. (definite)
recommended topic: R. H. Blyth and My Haiku
[The English-Language Panel] (co-ordinator/speaker: Susumu
Takiguchi)
- Beichman, Janine
(under negotiation)
- Fukuda, Masahisa (definite)
on Basho
- Hackett, James W. (definite) Reading
from the manuscript of his book
- Ishida, Hajime John (definite) on
ancient Greek poetry and haiku
- Kondo,
Kris (to
be confirmed) recommended topic: on Shiki from an
American perspective
- Kudo,
Kazuhiro (definite) on Rogetsu
- Ross,
Bruce
(definite)
- Son, Jun Gyoku
(almost definite) on
Shiki
- Taira, Tatsuhiko
(definite) theme: Blyth and Senryu-His Views on Senryu
and Translation
- Takiguchi, Susumu (definite) on
how Japanese haiku is perceived abroad
- Yoshimura, Ikuyo
(definite) on Blyth
[The Japanese-Language Panel] (Co-ordinators: Katsushi Wada)
- Hojo, Tsunehisa
(definite) on Akutagawa Ryunosuke
- Kudo,
Kazuhiro (definite) on Rogetsu
- Wada,
Katsushi (definite) on Rogetsu and
Shiki
- Five other speakers (under
negotiation)
[Symposium]
- Wada, Katsushi
- Uda, Kiyoko
Takiguchi, Susumu
Read
more about the WHF2002 Akita
2002
Speakers
See
the WHC Website for Details & Application Form
Read
the WHF2002 R. H. Blyth Competition Winners
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