The Collected Poems of Chika Sagawa

Winner of the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation The electrifying collected works of one of the most innovative and prominent avant-garde poets in early twentieth-century Japan (The New Yorker). Translated by and with an introduction by Sawako NakayasuAn important and daringly experimental voice in Tokyos avant-garde poetry scene,Chika Sagawabroke withthe gender-bound traditions of Japanese poetry. Growing up in isolated rural Japan, Sagawamovedto Tokyo at seventeen, and begin publishing her work at eighteen.She wasimmediately recognized as a leading light of the male-dominated Japanese literary scene;herwork combines striking, unique imagery with Western influences. The results are short, sharp, surreal poems about human fragility and the beauty of nature from Japans first female Modernist poet. The Modern Library Torchbearers series...