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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.
William J. Higginson (December 17, 1938 – October 11, 2008) was an American poet, translator and author most notable for his work with haiku and renku, born in New York City.
In 1949, with the publication in Japan of the first volume of Haiku, Blyth's four-volume work, haiku was introduced to the post-war Western world. His Haiku series (1949–52) was dealing mostly with pre-modern haiku, though included Masaoka Shiki; later followed his two-volume History of Haiku (1963–64).
The main purpose is to collect, preserve, display, and view materials related to haiku. The building has four floors above ground and three below ground, with the Haiku Poet Association's office on the first and second floors. As of 2011, the library's collection includes over 54,000 haiku collections and 331,000 haiku magazines.
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The Haiku Society of America was founded in 1968 by Harold G. Henderson and Leroy Kanterman in New York City, and was the first formal organization dedicated to haiku outside of Japan. [4] Twenty-one charter members attended its first meeting. [2] Bringing together poets study, discuss, and write haiku, [4] the organization's stated goals were to:
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Paul O. Williams (January 17, 1935 – June 2, 2009) was an American science fiction writer and haiku poet. Williams won multiple awards including the John W. Campbell Award and the Museum of Haiku Literature Award; and was professor emeritus of English at Principia College in Elsah, Illinois and president of the Haiku Society of America.