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by Mitsuko Esperanza Kasuga (Author), Cynthia Viveros Cano (Translator), Miwa Teresa Pierre (Translator)
* Mitsuko Kasuga (1914-2002. Pen name: Akane) emigrated from Japan to Mexico at the age of 22 and cultivated her passion for tanka poetry throughout her life. She spent what little free time she had writing tanka. From vivid depictions of Mexican life to her feelings for her children and later on, her lost husband, her tanka are vibrant and vital. This book recounts a migrant's personal history and collects 113 of her tanka in Spanish and the original Japanese. Cynthia Viveros Cano's Spanish translations breathe new life into the stirring musings of this remarkable immigrant poet. * Mitsuko Kasuga (seudónimo: Akane) emigró de Japón a México y durante toda su vida cultivó su gran pasión por el tanka. Sin dejarse quebrantar por el sufrimiento de la guerra o la pérdida de su marido, sus tankas expresan alegrías y tristezas con intensidad. Sus tankas reflejan la vida de una mujer, como también son el legado del corazón de una migrante. Este libro recopila 113 tankas de Akane, su historia personal y una colección de fotografías. Estos tankas llenos de sentimiento de Akane, la poeta migrante, reviven al ser traducidos al español.
Author Biography
Aiko Chikaba was born and raised in Osaka, Japan. She graduated from Kyoto University's faculty of letters. For nearly a decade Aiko was a director for NHK, Japan's premier TV channel. She moved to work in New York City where she also studied graphic design at NYU. In New York, she married a third-generation Japanese-Mexican, a grandson of Mitsuko Kasuga. The couple settled in San Francisco Bay Area where she currently works as a creative director.
