An exhibition featuring works of late Taiwan poets Yang Mu and Lo Fu is underway in Tokyo, spotlighting the bards’ creative brilliance and the vibrancy of the country’s literary landscape, according to the Ministry of Culture Oct. 9.
Co-organized by Taiwan Cultural Center in Tokyo under the MOC and Eslite Spectrum Nihonbashi, the exhibition features reprints of the writers’ manuscripts and old editions of their books. It is being held through Oct. 30 at TCCT and Nov. 15 at ESN.
Highlights of the exhibition include screenings of the documentaries “Towards the Completion of a Poem” on Yang and “River Without Banks” on Lo. The films will make their Japan debuts Oct. 22-23 at TCCT, leading audiences on a moving journey exploring the careers of the two cultural giants.
Yang, who was inspired by Romantic poet John Keats, is a literary pioneer in areas spanning poetry, prose and scholarly criticism. His works have been translated into a range of languages including Dutch, English, French, German, Japanese, Korean and Swedish.
Lo has published several collections of essays, poems and critiques and is notable for his 3,000-line poem “Driftwood,” which was nominated in 2001 for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
According to the MOC, the cultural center has previously focused on essays and novels in its promotion of Taiwan literature. This event is expected to provide an opportunity for enthusiasts in Japan to develop greater appreciation for the beauty of homegrown poetry, the ministry added. (YCH-E)
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