Posted on November 17, 2009 by Scott Esposito

Hear Robert Hass read from his translations of classic Japanese haiku from Basho and Buson, as well as his translations of Nobel winner Czeslaw Milosz. Hass appeared as part of the Center for the Art of Translation’s Lit&Lunch series. Listen to excerpts from the event.

Hass discussing learning Japanese and translating haiku:
(2:43)

Hass reading and explaining Basho’s “Even in Kyoto”:
(2:17)

Hass reading Basho’s Mt Fuji haiku, his most famous work ever, and more:
(1:58)

Hass reading haikus from Buson:
(3:50)

Hass reading Basho’s “erotic” haiku, “The Short Night”:
(1:33)

Hass on Czeslaw Milosz:
(1:58)

Hass reading and discussing Czeslaw Milosz’s long poem “Earth, She”:
(7:37)