The celebrated poet, who stunned the literary world with his 1952 debut “Two Billion Light Years of Solitude,” also ...

Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ...

TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other ... sprouting leaves, flowers and bearing fruit ...

(AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File) TOKYO (AP) — Shuntaro Tanikawa, who pioneered modern Japanese poetry, poignant but conversational in its divergence from haiku and other traditions, has died.

Japanese comedian Junior Chihara stands beside a monument featuring his haiku, in Fukuchiyama, Kyoto Prefecture, on Nov. 18, 2024. (Mainichi/Manabu Niwata) FUKUCHIYAMA, Kyoto -- A haiku produced ...