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Angel at the Earth's Extreme

Collected Poems

Nakahara Chuya Jeffrey Angles

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Penguin Classics
12 November 2026
The intensely confessional work of Japan's most famous modernist poet, considered the Japanese Rimbaud, whose poems have inspired cultlike devotion-especially among fans of the hit anime show Bungo Stray Dogs-in a brilliant new translation, the most comprehensive in English

A Penguin Classic

The intensely confessional work of Japan's most famous modernist poet, considered the Japanese Rimbaud, whose poems have inspired cultlike devotion-especially among fans of the hit anime show Bungo Stray Dogs-in a brilliant new translation, the most comprehensive in English

A Penguin Classic

Although he lived only to age thirty, Nakahara Chuya ranks among the finest of Japanese poets, evoking in his work the alienation, ennui, and romantic melancholy of a changing world. This edition collects both his published and his unpublished work, from his traditional Japanese tanka to his experiments with European modernism, and captures in a melodic new translation the beauty and intimacy of Chuya's voice, showing why it has resonated with readers for a century.
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Imprint:   Penguin Classics
Country of Publication:   United Kingdom
Dimensions:   Height: 198mm,  Width: 129mm,  Spine: 15mm
Weight:   200g
ISBN:   9780143139171
ISBN 10:   0143139177
Pages:   288
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Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Forthcoming

Nakahara Chuya (1907-1937) was one of the finest Japanese poets of the twentieth century. Often referred to as the Japanese Rimbaud for his tragic early death and poems of ennui and romantic melancholy, he was a pioneer of modernism in Japanese poetry and published two collections in his lifetime, Songs of the Goat and Songs of Days That Were. Jeffrey Angles (editor/translator) is a poet, translator, and professor of Japanese literature at Western Michigan University. He has won awards for his translations from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Academy of American Poets, the Poetry Foundation, the Modern Language Association, PEN America, and the Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University. His own book of Japanese poetry was a finalist for the Nakahara Chuya Prize and won the Yomiuri Prize.

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