{"title":"Ștefan Baciu（シュテファン・バチウ）","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"stephan-baciu-sakamoto-yoshiro","title":"Stefan Batiu: The life of an exiled poet and his songs across the sea","description":"\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eStefan Batiu:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eThe Life of an Exiled Poet and His Songs Across the\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSea\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYoshiro Sakamoto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p3\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s2\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e: Kotoni Publishing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eSize\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e: 135mm×195mm×40mm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003ePublication year: 2024\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eNumber of pages:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003e654pp\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e​\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(8-page color frontispiece)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s3\"\u003eLanguage\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e: Japanese\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p5\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003econdition\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s4\"\u003e:\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e S (new)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p2\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003eContent\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e__________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eIs there poetry or travel in these suffocating times?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eBatiu believes that poetry is freedom, truth, action and revolution.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA full-scale critical biography that reveals the life of Batiu, a poet destined to wander the world, and the \"world literature\" of poetic solidarity that spreads across oceans!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e From Romania to Switzerland, Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, through Latin America to Seattle, and finally Honolulu in Hawaii.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e The poet Batiu, whose life was threatened by the political situation of the time and who fought for freedom and truth, chose to spend his life traveling (in exile) with sincere words. From a remote archipelago in the Pacific Ocean, he connected poets, writers, and artists from all over the world across oceans and continents, and wove a network of solidarity based on poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eThe poetry magazine \"MELE\" (Hawaiian for \"poems, songs, prayers\") was created by individuals exchanging words that condensed their lives, far before they were separated by national or ethnic boundaries. A small \"world literature\" based on the gift exchange of poetry spread across the unknown sea.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Few people know of him, who lived on the fringes of the world. A few in Japan, and very few around the world. But the work he accomplished teaches us something we must never forget in our times of division and conflict.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e This book is the result of research that involved visiting the places where the poet lived, collecting scattered materials, and interviewing acquaintances and friends. It is the world's first critical biography of Stephan Batiu, and in a warm, poetic style it meticulously traces his life and the vast network of his poetry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eThe first part is a heartfelt biography that closely follows the author's life, which was always accompanied by poetry, while depicting his nostalgia for the time, land, and people he lost on his journey from Romania to Hawaii (\"Dor, Saudade, Aloha\").\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e The second part focuses on MELE International Poetry Letter, a particularly important poetry journal among Batiu's vast collection of works.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e The book focuses on the works of poets who participated in this global network of poetic solidarity, and sheds light on the value they have had in the literature and politics of their respective regions. It portrays MELE as a place of plurality where the languages of many worlds resonate in one place.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\"MELE, a letter sent to the world from an archipelago floating in the far blue Pacific Ocean - a letter that will be inscribed with the names of all those who believe without a doubt that poetry is freedom, truth, action, and revolution, both as sender and recipient. And standing on each of our own shores, we sing.\" (From the MELE manifesto) \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e【table of contents】\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Letter I\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Preface\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Part 1: Retrospective Biography: The Poetic Life of Stefan Batiu and His \"Nostalgia\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 1: Reminiscence Biography - \"The Foam of the Sea Stands Here\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 2: Romania - Brasov 1918-1937\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 3: Romania - Bucharest 1937-1946\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 4 Switzerland: Bern 1946-1949\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 5 Brazil: Rio de Janeiro 1949-1962\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eChapter 6 America: Seattle 1962-1964\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 7 Hawaii: Honolulu 1964-1993\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Letter II\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Part 2: \"MELE: International Poetry Mail\" and Stefan Batiu's \"The Intimate Sphere of Poetry\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 1: Songs of Freedom, Truth, Action and Revolution\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 2: The descendants of Ovid - Vintila Horia and Andrei Codrescu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 3: Under the \"Fable\" of Ulms - Mila Simian Batiu and Victor Valeriu Martinescu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 4: Hawaii for Father and Son Charlot: Memories of Admiration and Communion for the Islands, the Sea, and the People\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 5: The Seeds for the Re-Sprouting of Language: Larry Kauanoe Kimura's Hawaiian Poetry\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 6: Poetry of Resistance, Intertwined Spiritualities - Thomas Merton and Pablo Antonio Cuadra\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003eChapter 7: Aloha to Rio de Janeiro, Saudade in the Stones of the Road - Carlos Dourmont de Andrade, Bach Mai Fam Larsson\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Chapter 8: Letters of Desire Traveling Through the Archipelago\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Letter III\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Instead of a conclusion\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Appendix: Translation as Homage: Preface to \"More than a Thousand Quatrains - From Honolulu, at the Foot of Mount Tumpa\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Ioana Margineanu Batiu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Note\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e Acknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e List of works by Stefan Batiu\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e List of main citations and references\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"font_8 wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"wixui-rich-text__text\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p4\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"s1\"\u003e____________________________________\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp class=\"p6\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e \u003cspan\u003eISBN:978-4-910108-16-2 C0098\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KIKA books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44498529910960,"sku":"","price":4950.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0514\/7466\/1552\/files\/baciucover.jpg?v=1749183669"}],"url":"https:\/\/kikabooks.com\/en\/collections\/stefan-baciu.oembed","provider":"KIKA books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}