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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox writer Cor Van den Heuvel (born March 6, 1931) is an American haiku poet, editor and archivist.

Biography

Van den Heuvel was born in Biddeford, Maine, and grew up in Maine and New Hampshire. He lives on Long Island near his niece and still spends time writing and exploring nature.Шаблон:Citation needed

He first discovered haiku in 1958 in San Francisco where he heard Gary Snyder mention it at a poetry reading.[1] He returned to the East Coast the following year and continued composing haiku. He became the house poet of a Boston coffee house, reading haiku and other poetry to jazz musical accompaniment.Шаблон:Citation needed In 1971 he joined the Haiku Society of America and became its president in 1978.

Work

Van den Heuvel has published several books of his own haiku, including one on baseball. He is the editor of the three editions of The Haiku Anthology; the original Haiku Anthology published in 1974 by Doubleday, the second edition published in 1986 by Simon & Schuster, and the third edition published in 1999 by Norton.

Honors

The Haiku Society of America has given Van den Heuvel three Merit Book Awards for his haiku. He was the honorary curator of the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library at Sacramento for 1999-2000. He worked at Newsweek magazine in the layout department until he retired in 1988. He was the United States representative to the 1990 International Haiku Symposium in Matsuyama.Шаблон:Citation needed At the World Haiku Festival held in London and Oxford in 2000, he received a World Haiku Achievement Award. In 2002, he was awarded The Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards in Matsuyama, for his writing and editing of haiku books.[2]

He has been described in The Alsop Review as "an intelligent and unflagging spokesperson for haiku".[3]

Bibliography

See also

References

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  1. Cor van den HEUVEL Шаблон:Webarchive on the Haiku International Association website
  2. Prune Juice, Journal of Senryu and Kyoka Issue 1, Winter 2009, p.145 Шаблон:Webarchive
  3. Foley, Jack. Review of The Haiku Anthology in The Alsop Review Шаблон:Webarchive