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Respiro: Metropolitan Haiku
An illustrated volume of haiku in English and Italian for all who live the city and its relation with nature, tradition, and the self.
“By breathing, we are able to see the truth and beauty of life, even in the midst of metropolitan chaos and the speed of modernity. This sentiment resonates deeply throughout the collection, as Simon transforms the urban rhythm of Shenzhen into a poetic canvas, in search of “truth and beauty”.
— Prof. Zhang Guangkui，School of Foreign Languages, Shenzhen University.
“Chiatante's haiku flood the mind with a variety of emotions, driven by their modern and varied structure. The environment, waterscapes and urban landscapes, dominate this self-expression as an exploration of the self. The ecology of haiku, represented by the interconnectedness of words and punctuation, is a free form, deviating from canonical standards yet giving an innovative form to an impulsive writing of feelings".
— Prof. Matteo Convertino, fuTuRE EcoSystems Lab, Tsinghua University.
“By breathing, we are able to see the truth and beauty of life, even in the midst of metropolitan chaos and the speed of modernity. This sentiment resonates deeply throughout the collection, as Simon transforms the urban rhythm of Shenzhen into a poetic canvas, in search of “truth and beauty”.
— Prof. Zhang Guangkui，School of Foreign Languages, Shenzhen University.
“Chiatante's haiku flood the mind with a variety of emotions, driven by their modern and varied structure. The environment, waterscapes and urban landscapes, dominate this self-expression as an exploration of the self. The ecology of haiku, represented by the interconnectedness of words and punctuation, is a free form, deviating from canonical standards yet giving an innovative form to an impulsive writing of feelings".
— Prof. Matteo Convertino, fuTuRE EcoSystems Lab, Tsinghua University.
142 pages, Kindle Edition
Published January 30, 2025
About the author
Simon Chiatante
10 books6 followersSimon Chiatante is a language teacher, translator and author from Italy.
Years spent teaching and traveling across China gave him the chance to dive into the multiple facets of its arts and philosophies, as much as into Zen buddhism and into the Way of Tea, unexhaustible sources of inspiration for his writing.
Based in Shenzhen, where he founded the Shenzhen International Poetry association, he has been appointed Global Communication Ambassador by the Shenzhen Daily newspaper, and International Experience Officer by the authorities of Qianhai area for his cultural activity.
His work is included in several projects and publications in literary magazines between Europe and China, such as RIVISTA (Milan) and Poetry World (Shanghai).
Years spent teaching and traveling across China gave him the chance to dive into the multiple facets of its arts and philosophies, as much as into Zen buddhism and into the Way of Tea, unexhaustible sources of inspiration for his writing.
Based in Shenzhen, where he founded the Shenzhen International Poetry association, he has been appointed Global Communication Ambassador by the Shenzhen Daily newspaper, and International Experience Officer by the authorities of Qianhai area for his cultural activity.
His work is included in several projects and publications in literary magazines between Europe and China, such as RIVISTA (Milan) and Poetry World (Shanghai).
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