Alice Iris Red Horse

Yoshimasu Gozo's groundbreaking poetry has spanned over half a century since the publication of his first book, Departure, in 1964. He has won many of Japan's most prestigious literary awards, including the 50th Mainichi Art Award for Poetry. Much of his work is highly unorthodox: it challenges the print medium and language itself, and consequently Alice Iris Red Horse is as much a book on translation as it is a book in translation. Alice Iris Red Horse contains translations of Gozo's major poems from the Japanese, representing his entire career. Also included are illuminating interviews, reproductions of Gozo's visual artworks, and photographs of his performances.