Carl Sadakichi Hartmann was born on 8 November 1867 on the artificial island of Dejima in Nagasaki Harbor, a narrow strip of land that for generations had been Japan’s only window onto the West. His father, Carl Herman Oskar Hartmann, was a Prussian merchant trading in that tightly regulated enclave; his mother, Osada, was Japanese and died within months of the boy’s birth, leaving him with a wound he never stopped p…
“It seemed to me a spiritually deepened image of contemporary Americans: an ideal laborer, as the Americans are really a nation of laborers.”
Neighbourhood:
Asian American Poets, Japanese Haiku Masters, Modernist Poets
Emotional landscape: Wonder, Tenderness, Longing
John Van Alstyne Weaver emerged from the vibrant literary ferment of early twentieth-century America as a poet who dared to capture the raw, unpolished heartbeat of everyday life. Born into a world of privilege yet drawn irresistibly to the voices of plumbers, shop girls, taxi drivers, and soldiers, he transformed the slang and cadence of the American street into poetry that pulsed with authenticity and charm. His wo…
Neighbourhood:
American Poets, Imagist Poets, Light Verse Poets, Love Poets, Modernist Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sensuality, Sorrow
