Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Poetic Obituaries: While serving as Japanese ambassador

to the Vatican, Senegal and Morocco, he [Sono Uchida] devoted himself to spreading haiku, worked as an art critic, and became the first president of the Haiku International Association in 1989.

from Breitbart: Diplomat-cum-haiku poet Uchida dies at 85--Japan

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