作者簡介

谷川俊太郎 Shuntaro Tanikawa

Shuntaro Tanikawa (Japan) was born in 1931 in Tokyo. He is the only child of well-known philosopher Tetsuzo Tanikawa, and among the most popular contemporary poets in Japan. After having finished high-school, he decided not to go on to university. His first book of poems Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude appeared in 1952. He has since produced some 70 books of poetry and won every major Japanese award for his writings. He has also written essays, radio and film scripts and picture books for children. He is the translator of the Mother Goose Rhymes and has for many years been the translator of Peanuts. He has performed his poems in America, Ireland, England and China. His books of poems which have so far been translated into English are Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude (trans. 1996), 62 Sonnets (1953, trans. 1992), On Love (1955, trans. 2003), With Silence My Companion (1968, trans. 1975), At Midnight in the Kitchen I Just Wanted to Talk to You (1975, trans. 1980), Definitions (1975, trans. 1992), Coca-Cola Lessons (1980, trans. 1986), Map of Days (1982, trans. 1996), Songs of Nonsense (1985, trans. 1991), Floating the River in Melancholy (1988, trans. 1988), Naked (1988, trans. 1996), On Giving People Poems (1991, trans. 2005), The Naif（1993, trans. 2004）and minimal (2002, trans. 2002). The Selected Poems of Shuntaro Tanikawa was published in America in 1983 and Shuntaro Tanikawa: Selected Poems was published by Carcanet, U.K. in 1998. His most recent book of poems is SUKI (Liking) published in May 2006.

• 1 生きる 活着 Living(第3頁)
• 2 鳥 鳥 Birds(第7頁)
• 3 愛について 關於愛 On Love(第10頁)
• 4 空 天空 The Sky(第17頁)
• 5 牧歌 牧歌 A Pastoral Song(第22頁)
6 海 大海 The Sea(第28頁)
7 色の息遣い 顏色的氣息 The Breaths of Colors(第34頁)
8 ニンジンの栄光 胡蘿蔔的光榮 The Glory of Carrots(第45頁)
9 海の比喩 海的比喻 The Metaphor of the Sea(第49頁)
10 頼み 懇求 Request(第52頁)
11 死んだ男の残したものは 死去的男人遺留下的東西 What The Dead Man Left Behind(第62頁)
12 灰についての私見 關於灰之我見 A Personal Opinion about Gray(第69頁)
13 自己紹介 自我介紹 Self-introduction(第73頁)