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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:
Harold Gould Henderson (1889–1974) was an American academic, art historian and Japanologist.He was a Columbia University professor for twenty years. From 1948 through 1952, he was the President of the Japan Society in New York, [1] and in 1968 he cofounded the Haiku Society of America.
That same year, however, he moved to New York City, where he became involved in the haiku and arts scene: in 1991, he co-founded the Spring Street Haiku Group, and in 1993 became Vice President of the Haiku Society of America; he went on to serve as Secretary of the Society from 1996 to 1999. [2]
He won the Haiku Society of America Harold G. Henderson award in 1977 and 1982. In 1981, Roseliep's haiku sequence, “The Morning Glory”, appeared on over two thousand buses in New York City: takes in the world from the heart out funnels our day into itself closes on its own inner light
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. He was one of the charter members of the Haiku Society of America, [1] and was present at its formation meeting in 1968. [2]
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.
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.
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