Okano and Rumens Pass Away – Poetry News Roundup May 8th
In this week's poetry news round up we bring you articles about the sad loss of two figures from the world of poetry. Hirohiko Okano, Leading Japanese Tanka Poet Dies at 101 The respected Japanese poet, Hirohiko Okano, who selected the poetry for the Urakai Hajime annual New Year’s poetry-reading ceremony, has died due to heart failure at the age of 101. Born in 1924 in the Mie Prefecture, he studied ...
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