Sayumi
Kamakura was born in Kochi Prefecture, Japan, in 1953. She began
composing haiku while a student at Saitama University. and studied
haiku under the guidance of Toshiro Nomura and Sho Hayashi. In
1983, she won Oki sango Prize. The lyrical style of her
haiku drew the attention of Toru Haga and Tohta Kaneko. In 1998
she established the haiku magazine Ginyu (Troubadour)
with Ban'ya Natsuishi, and has been its Editor since that time.
She is also a member of the Modern Haiku Association. She has
been expressing the women's mentality, captured with fine sensitivity,
in her haiku. In 2001, she won the Modern Haiku Association Prize.
Her
published haiku collections include: Jun (Moisture,
1984), Mizu no Jujika (Water Cross, 1987), Tenmado
kara (From the Skylight, 1992), Kamakura Sayumi
Kushu (Haiku of Sayumi Kamakura, 1998). She co-authored
Gengai Haiku Panorama (1994), Gendai Haiku Handbook
(1995), Gendai Haiku Shusei Zen 1 Kan (Contemporary
Haiku Anthology in One Volume, 1996),etc. She also published,
in both Japanese and English, A Singing Blue: 50 Selected
Haiku (2000).
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