8th World Haiku Association Congress
*Information at the time of adoption.
- Name of the organization or individual
- Executive Committee of the 8th World Haiku Association Congress
- subsidy category
- Creation Grant
- Grant Type
- single year
FY27 Term I Creation Grant [Single-Year Grant Program]
Business Overview
The NPO World Haiku Association has over 200 haiku poets from over 40 countries on five continents as its members, and has published the 11 issue of its annual multilingual publication "World Haiku" in Japan. Every two years, it holds World Haiku Association Congresses in Japan and overseas, serving as a creative source of haiku, which has now become humankind's short poetry. The 8th contest in 2015 will be held in Tokyo, inviting about 20 poets and haiku poets from overseas to be held at Meiji University's Ochanomizu Campus from Friday, September 4 to 6 (Sun.). The theme is "Infinite Dialogue," and dialogue is built into haiku, a short poem that contains contradictory elements. Today, the creation of haiku has spread throughout the world and has become an important medium for dialogue among languages and cultures. In this contest, I would like to try to communicate with various languages, cultures, and genres starting from haiku.
- Period of Activity / Project
- Friday, September 4, 2015 - 6 (Sun)
- Venues
- Liberty Hall, Meiji University (Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo)
Profile
Natsuishi Banya (Japan)
Born 1955 in Hyogo Prefecture. Completed a doctoral course at the University of Tokyo. He studied under Shigenobu TAKAYANAGI. He was a visiting researcher at the University of Paris 7 from 1996 to 1998. In 1998, he launched an international haiku magazine 'Ginyu,' and became its publisher and responsible editor. He has participated in international haiku and poetry events in Germany, France, the United States, England, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Macedonia, Bulgaria and New Zealand. His haiku collections include "Kyojoki," "Shinkuritsu," "Jinboku Opera," and "Megaishi Kogogaku." His books include "Modern Haiku Keyword Dictionary," "Genius Poetry," and "Introduction to World Haiku." He also published a hundred haiku collection "Mirai no Taki" (Future Falls) in the United States, France and Romania. He received the Contemporary Haiku Association Prize in 1991 and Hekigoto Kawahigashi Prize in 2003. Professor at Meiji University. He is the director of the World Haiku Association.