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John High
Zen monk and poet, John High (Ninso) is the recipient of four Fulbright fellowships and has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships (fiction and translation) a...view moreZen monk and poet, John High (Ninso) is the recipient of four Fulbright fellowships and has been awarded two National Endowment for the Arts fellowships (fiction and translation) and a 2020-2021 National Endowment for the Humanities fellowship, along with Matvei Yankelevich, for their translation project of Osip Mandelstam's Voronezh Notebooks. Most recent publications of their translations have appeared in Harper's and The New Yorker. He is the author of numerous books of poetry, most recently, Without Dragons-Even the Emperor Would Be Lonely, a book of ensōs, poems, and parables (Wet Cement Press, 2020) and vanishing acts, a work of cross-genre writings (Talisman House, 2017). High has taught at universities in Istanbul, Moscow, Hangzhou, and is a founder and former director of the Long Island University, Brooklyn MFA Program, where he is now Professor Emeritus. Before the pandemic, he facilitated workshops in creative transformation with children, teachers, social workers, and writers in Cambodia, China, Portugal, and the U.S. and plans to continue this work as soon as possible. view less
Books by John High
Scrolls of a Temple Sweeper, No. 2 The Scrolls of a Temple Sweeper (Paperback) Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsScrolls of a Temple Sweeper, No. 1 Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings