{"id":16179,"date":"2023-03-19T22:02:16","date_gmt":"2023-03-20T02:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/?page_id=16179"},"modified":"2024-05-12T16:39:52","modified_gmt":"2024-05-12T20:39:52","slug":"matsuki-masutani","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/matsuki-masutani\/","title":{"rendered":"Matsuki Masutani"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p>Matsuki Masutani was born in Japan and moved to Vancouver, B.C. in 1976. He now lives on Denman Island. He is a poet and a translator, having translated both from English into Japanese and from Japanese into English.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"197\" height=\"300\" data-src=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/03\/I-Will-be-More-Myself-in-the-Next-World-book-cover.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16181 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/03\/I-Will-be-More-Myself-in-the-Next-World-book-cover.jpg 197w, https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/files\/2023\/03\/I-Will-be-More-Myself-in-the-Next-World-book-cover-99x150.jpg 99w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 197px) 100vw, 197px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 197px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 197\/300;\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Poetry<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">I Will Be More Myself in the Next World<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Salt Spring Island, B.C.: Mother Tongue Publishing, 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Publisher&#8217;s Synopsis (From its website)<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>In Masutani\u2019s debut book of poetry, his clear minimalist poems embrace with gentle and perceptive wit; aging, family, dreams, his Japanese roots, self-acceptance and island life. Some poems rise tall like sunflowers in an understated garden, untangled and reflective, addressing marriage, Parkinson\u2019s, Chemo and impermanence. You will know exactly where you are when you read \u201cI will be more myself in the next world.\u201d Japanese translations included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Awards and Honours<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>2022 Gerald Lampert Memorial Award (Finalist)<br>2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/canadacouncil.ca\/funding\/prizes\/canada-japan-literary-awards\">Canada-Japan Literary Award<\/a> (Winner)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Links<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Publisher <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mothertonguepublishing.com\/\">Mother Tongue Publishing<\/a> (firm closed Dec. 31, 2021 with the retirement of the founder Mona Fertig)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matsuki Masutani was born in Japan and moved to Vancouver, B.C. in 1976. He now lives on Denman Island. He is a poet and a translator, having translated both from English into Japanese and from Japanese into English. Poetry I &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/authors\/matsuki-masutani\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16179","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17771,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16179\/revisions\/17771"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.torontomu.ca\/asianheritage\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}