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Duet of clouds

Author Name: Mariko Sumikura | Format: Paperback | Genre : Poetry | Other Details
"Western-Eastern poets in sympathy: poetic dialogue "Duet of Clouds" is co-authorized by Estonian poet Juri Talvet and Japanese poetess Mariko Sumikura contributed poems imaging clouds in each mind. Juri Talvet presents "Under the beautiful Estonian sky" and Mariko Sumikura correspondents with "Under the elegant sky of Kyoto". Cloud is the symbol of anxiety so that delicate feeling is found in those poems.
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Mariko Sumikura

Mariko Sumikura is a japanese poet and essayist. Born in Kyoto (1952), she graduated from Ristumeikan University. Representative of Japan Universal Poets Association, Chief-in-editors of online international journal Poetic-Bridge: Ama-Hashi (www.ama-hashi.com) and JUNPA BOOKS. Her main source of inspiration is the Japanese medieval novelist and poet Murasaki Shikibu, author of The Tale of Genji. Her first contact with Western literature was William Blake, who became the topic of her graduation thesis at the University. Her interest in European culture ranges from French literature, Russian literature to Spanish philosophy like Maria Zambrano. Her main publications are: Kokoro Kaoru Hito (A Woman Scented), Yume Tsumugu Hito (A Woman Spinning a dream), Hikari Oru Hito (A Woman Weaving Ray of Light), Ai Matou Hito A Woman Wearing Love), Tsuchi daku Masurao (A Man Embracing the Earth). She participated to the 49th Struga Poetry Readings in 2011, Jan Smrek International Literary Festival in 2012, “Europa in Versi” in Como, Italy, in 2015 and Mihai Eminescu International Poetry Festival (Craiova, Romania) in 2015. As a Literary Translation, she translated over 30 books for the Junpa Books Series and won the Translated Irish Literature Award by Ireland Literature Exchange in 2012 with Mina wo Tonaete (Uttering Her Name by Gabriel Rosenstock). [by Filippo Dornetti]
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