
Gabriel Rosenstock
Gabriel Rosenstock, born 1949 in postcolonialIreland. Bilingual poet, haikuist, tankaist,children’s writer, essayist, novelist, short storywriter, playwright and translator. MemberAosdána (Irish academy of arts & letters),Lineage Holder of Celtic Buddhism and, toborrow a phrase from Hugh MacDiarmid, ‘achampion of forlorn causes’.
Among his awards is the Tamgha-i-Khidmatmedal (Pakistan) for services to literature.Gabriel’s most recent titles are Glengower:Poems for No One in Irish and English (TheOnslaught Press), Walk with Gandhi,illustrated by Masood Hussain (Gandhi 150Ireland) and a bilingual edition in Sanskrit andIrish of a classic scripture, Gítá Ashtávakra(Evertype).
Some of the tanka in this book first appearedin The Culturium blog, September 2019.
Modern Literature (Chennai) has featured atanka series by Rosenstock and an interviewabout his interest in the form.