Ban'ya Natsuishi
Ban'ya Natsuishi which is the penname of
Masayuki Inui, was born in Aioi City, Hyogo
Prefecture, Japan. He studied at Tokyo University
where he received a Masters of Arts in Comparative
Literature and Culture in 1981. In 1992 he
was appointed Professor at Meiji University
where he continues to teach. In 1993, he
gave lectures at Jilin University in China,
then was invited to haiku meeting in 1994
in Germany, in 1995 in Italy. From 1996 to
1998 a guest research fellow at Paris 7th
University. In 1998 with Sayumi Kamakura,
he founded international haiku quarterly
"Ginyu", became its Publisher and
Editor-in-Chief. In 2000, after attendance
to Global Haiku Festival in USA, he co-founded
the World Haiku Association, in Slovenia.
Currently works as this association's Director.
In 2001 attended to Vilenica Poetry Festiva
in Slovenia, in 2003 to Struga Poetry Evenings
in Macedonia, in the same year worked as
the Chairman of The Steering Committee for
the 2nd World Haiku Association Conference
which was held in Japan. In 2004 he was invited
to Poetry at Porto Santo in Portugal. In
2005 he attended to the 3rd World Haiku Association
Conference in Bulgaria, the 3rd Wellington
International Poetry Festival and presided
international haiku session of Euro-Japan
Poetry Festival in Tokyo. In 2006 he was
invited to Poetry Spring in Vilnius of Lithuania
and attended to Ohrid P.E.N. Conference in
Macedonia. Among his awards are: in 1980
he was recommended as Poet of the Year by
Haiku-hyoron, in 1981 he won First Prize
in a competition sponsored by haiku monthly
Haiku-kenkyu, in 1984 the Shii-no-ki Prize,
in 1991 the Modern Haiku Association Prize,
in 2002 the Hekigodo Kawahigashi Prize of
the 21st Century Ehime Haiku Prize.
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Author: Ban'ya Natsuishi
Editor: Ban'ya Natsuishi
Translators: Ban'ya Natsuishi & James Shea
Credits
"Shoved off": The Diary of Everyday Hunting (1983)
"From the future":
Métroplitique (1985)
"Bare branches": Métroplitique (1985)
"In the east": The Fugue of Gods (1990)
"Long, long ago": The Fugue of Gods (1990)
"The comet visible":
Earth Pilgrimage (1998)
"From the boulder":
Earth Pilgrimage (1998)
"Scattered here and there":
Multilingual Haiku Troubadours 2000 (2000)
"Sleep, sleep!": Transparent Current (2000)
"Behind a rock": Transparent Current (2000)
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