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Product details
- ISBN 9780143139171
- Weight: 200g
- Dimensions: 129 x 198mm
- Publication Date: 12 Nov 2026
- Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Paperback
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Although he lived only to age thirty, Nakahara Chuya ranks among the finest of Japanese poets, evoking in his work the alienation, ennui and romantic melancholy of a changing world. This edition collects both his published and unpublished work, from his traditional Japanese tanka to his experiments with European modernism, and captures in a melodic new translation the beauty and intimacy of Chuya’s voice, showing why it has resonated with readers for a century.
Nakahara Chuya (Author)
Nakahara Chuya (1907-1937) was one of the finest Japanese poets of the twentieth century. Often referred to as the Japanese Rimbaud for his tragic early death and poems of ennui and romantic melancholy, he was a pioneer of modernism in Japanese poetry and published two collections in his lifetime, Goat Songs and Songs of Bygone Days.
Jeffrey Angles (Translator)
Jeffrey Angles is a professor of Japanese literature at Western Michigan University and an award-winning translator of Japanese. His own book of Japanese poetry won the Yomiuri Prize in 2017.
