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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 has collaborated with the artist Geoff MacEwan to produce a limited edition portfolio of poems and accompanying illustrations entitled "Natural Causes". Please go to Poems and Etchings to view this work.
His translations of the Chieko collection of poems by Kotaro Takamura (1883 - 1956) can also be found in the Translations section of the website. 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.
Paul 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 work has been published in literary magazines and poetry websites.
He invites readers to contact him with their comments on the poems or translations. |
