Poetry
Japanese poet Shuntaro Tanikawa, master of modern free verse, has died at 92
Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died.
FILE - Shuntaro Tanikawa, a Japanese poet and translator, reads his poem during an interview with The Associated Press in Tokyo, on May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
TOKYO – Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignan... [3905 chars]