INFORMATION: WORLD HAIKU CLUB'S FESTIVAL 2000
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| Q: Why do you use the term "world haiku"? |
| A: Because World Haiku Festival 2000 is based on a totally new concept and purposes. Namely, it interprets haiku as a world phenomenon, an interesting development in the history of world literature and culture rather than as something practiced only in Japan, or as something looked at only from one particular country's point of view. The "world haiku" is a new term coined especially with that in mind. The definition is simply haiku written and enjoyed in the world, i.e. in more than seventy languages and in many different cultures. However, the implications of grasping haiku in such a holistic way are at this moment little understood. |
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The structure of the organisers of World Haiku Festival 2000:
The organising body: The World Haiku Club ("WHC"), Honourary President: Toshio Yamazaki, Chairman: Susumu Takiguchi Organising team: The Steering & Liaison Committee of the WHC, Chairman: Susumu Takiguchi Patrons and Advisory Board: His Excellency Mr. Sadayuki Hayashi, Japanese Ambassador, Sir Peter Parker, KBE LVO and other eminent individuals Collaborating organisations: The Poetry Society, National Poetry Day, Barbican Centre, Haiku Society of America, Association of Croatian Haiku Poets, Gendai Haiku Kyokai, Constantza Haiku Society-Romania, Gunma Prefectural Museum of Literature, Japan Festival Education Trust, British Library, SOAS, Oxford Brookes University, Donnington Grove Society; and supported by Embassy of Japan, Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Japan Foundation, Japan Society, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, British Haiku Society. There are many other organisations generous enough to support and assist our cause in various ways. The World Haiku Club, Head Office: Leys Farm, Rousham, Bicester, Oxfordshire OX6 3RA England Tel: +44 (0) 1869-340261 Fax: +44 (0) 1869-340619 |
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