Media review of souls and wings
To read some of the book reviews and comments from the readership, please go to the publisher’s web site Editions du Tanka francophone (Click on the title of the book; the English section comes after the French one).manual update: August 3rd 2010
English/French Tanka collection by a French-language poetess
For the first time, in nearly 50 years, a French language woman poet writes a complete collection of tanka (91) which is also offered in English: D’âmes et d’ailes/of souls and wings by Janick Belleau.of souls and wings is introduced with a HERstory of tanka since the 9th century (from Ono no Komachi to Tawara Machi including Jehanne Grandjean, the first Francophone poetess).
Click on either links (tanka or Sappho) for details and the totality of media coverage and comments from the readership.
manual update: August 3rd, 2010
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Honours

Tokyo, garden of the Imperial Palace
2009, France. Award « Haiku Kat nomade », 5th International Haiku Contest of Marco Polo Magazine
2009, Magazine Gusts # 9
My selection of three favourite tanka from Gusts # 9. A request of Kozue Uzawa, editor of this Canadian tanka magazine. Click to read my selection for #9 which was made without looking at the poets' names.
2008, Japan. Honourable Mention, International Section, 12th Haiku Contest of the Mainichi Daily News
2007, Japan. Honourable Mention, International Section, 11th Haiku Contest of the Mainichi Daily News
2006, Japan. Second Prize, International Section of the 10th Haiku Contest sponsored by the prestigious Mainichi Daily News
2006, France. Award « Nuages », 2nd International Haiku Contest of Marco Polo Magazine