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Paul O. Williams

ポール・オー・ウィリアムズ

Pōru O. Wiriamuzu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1935-01-17 （United States）
Died
2009-06-02 （Unknown） age 74
Nationality
American
Languages
English
Residence History
Elsah, Illinois

Career

Occupations
Writer, Haiku poet, Professor
Active Years
1968-2009
Affiliations
Principia College, Haiku Society of America
Memberships
Haiku Society of America (President 1999), Tanka Society of America (Vice President 2000)

Awards

John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer
1983
Organization: Science Fiction Writers
Result: 受賞
Museum of Haiku Literature Award
1989
Work: gone from the woods the bird I knew by song alone
Organization: Haiku Society of America
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Breaking of Northwall

1981 Science fiction

First novel in the Pelbar Cycle, set in post-apocalyptic North America.

Human reconnectionCultural rebirth

The Ends of the Circle

1981 Science fiction

Part of the Pelbar Cycle.

Post-apocalypse

The Dome in the Forest

1981 Science fiction

Part of the Pelbar Cycle.

Post-apocalypse

The Fall of the Shell

1982 Science fiction

Part of the Pelbar Cycle.

Post-apocalypse

An Ambush of Shadows

1983 Science fiction

Part of the Pelbar Cycle.

Post-apocalypse

Song of the Axe

1984 Science fiction

Part of the Pelbar Cycle.

Post-apocalypse

The Sword of Forbearance

1985 Science fiction

Part of the Pelbar Cycle.

Post-apocalypse

The Gifts of the Gorboduc Vandal

1989 Science fiction

Part of the Gorboduc Series.

Bibliography

  • The Breaking of Northwall (1981)
  • The Ends of the Circle (1981)
  • The Dome in the Forest (1981)
  • The Fall of the Shell (1982)
  • An Ambush of Shadows (1983)
  • Song of the Axe (1984)
  • The Sword of Forbearance (1985)
  • The Gifts of the Gorboduc Vandal (1989)
  • The Man from Far Cloud (2004)
  • The Edge of the Woods: 55 Haiku (1968)
  • Tracks on the River (1982)
  • Growing in the Rain (1991)
  • Outside Robins Sing: Selected Haiku (1999)
  • The Nick of Time: Essays on Haiku Aesthetics (2001)
  • These Audacious Maples (2007)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Haiku in EnglishCoined 'Tontoism' for haiku without articles
Recurring Motifs
NatureBirdsWoods

Health

  • Aortic dissection
    2009年
    Cause of death.

Legacy

Known as SF writer and haiku poet, won Campbell Award for Pelbar Cycle. President of Haiku Society of America.

Quotes

  • gone from the woods the bird I knew by song alone
    Source: Haiku for Nick Virgilio (1989)

Trivia

  • Coined 'Tontoism' for haiku omitting articles.
  • Read from his book of cat haiku in 2006.