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Paul Archer
Paul Archer is a poet and translator of the Chieko collection of poems by the Japanese poet, Kotaro Takamura.
He is a graduate of Oxford University and has pursued a career in the UK, Europe and Japan. He currently divides his time between homes in England and Mallorca.
His collection of poems on this website have been influenced by both a western and an eastern sensibility. They will be added to from time to time so please return to read his latest work.
His translations of the Chieko collection of poems by Kotaro Takamura (1883 - 1956) can also be found here. They tell of the poet's love affair with Chieko including their courtship, marriage, the trauma of her mental breakdown, and her death. The poems are remarkable for their confessional sensibility which has had a ground breaking effect on the course of modern Japanese poetry.
The author invites readers to contact him with their comments on the poems or translations. |
