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Francine Porad papers, 1980-2005.
$l CCSG $i 01/03/02 C
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Francine Porad papers, 1980-2005Porad
Brussels Sprout
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Porad, Francine., creatorCreator/Contributor:
Clausen, Tom.Creator/Contributor:
Dubois, Jean.Creator/Contributor:
Gruttola, Raffael de.Creator/Contributor:
Kacian, Jim.Creator/Contributor:
Kirsten, Richard C.Creator/Contributor:
McDougald, Beverly.Creator/Contributor:
McKay, Anne, 1932-Creator/Contributor:
Mountain, Marlene.Creator/Contributor:
Reichhold, Jane.Creator/Contributor:
Reichhold, Werner.Creator/Contributor:
St. Jacques, Elizabeth, 1939-Creator/Contributor:
Spriggs, Ruby.Creator/Contributor:
Tripi, Vincent.Creator/Contributor:
Haiku Society of AmericaAbstract:
The collection has been organized into the following series: Personal papers: Biographical materials, family photographs.
-- Haiku: Articles, children's haiku, contests and awards, correspondence with poets and haiku organizations. -- Renga: Completed
renga, correspondence with renga poets. -- Publications: Correspondence with publishers, unpublished material, notes, articles,
presentations, reviews. -- Notebooks: From travels, conferences, etc.
Haiku correspondents include: D. Cobb, C. Dickson, M. Fratracelli, C. Herold, J. Kacian, E.S. Lamb, H.F. Noyes, F. Raborg,
R. Spiess, J. Stevenson.
Renga correspondents include: S. Aikins, K. Anderson, M. Bennett, C. Brannan, T. Clausen, J. Dubois, M. Dudley, C. Edson,
L. Einer, D. Evetts, F. Gasser, R. Gruttola, Y. Hardenbrook, J. Jorgensen, J. Kacian, R. Kirsten, G. Knight, M. Lerman, B.
McDougald, A. McKay, J.W. McMillan, L. Moore, M. Mountain, B. Partridge, J. & W. Reichhold, A. Rotella, E. St. Jacques, K.
Sato, R. Spriggs, G. Swede, W. Swist, V. Tripi, M.D. Welch, P.O. Williams.
Date:
1980 (issued)Contents:
232: Personal papers; Haiku--Articles-Poets correspondence. -- 233: Haiku--Societies, etc. correspondence. -- 234: Renga--Correspondence,
A-E. -- 235: Renga--Correspondence, G-M. -- 236: Renga--Correspondence, P-W. -- 237: Publications: Correspondence, 1983-1991.
-- 238: Publications: Correspondence, 1992-2001. -- 239: Publications: Misc. -- 240: Notebooks: 1980-1984. -- 241: Notebooks:
1986-1990. -- 242: Notebooks: 1991-1998.--311: Biographical Materials, Haiku 1983-2005, Business Correspondence 1990-2005,
Personal Correspondence 2002-2005, Haiku Resources & Instruction
Subject:
n-us-caPoets, American -- 20th century -- Correspondence
Haiku, American -- History and criticism
Renga -- History and criticism
Note:
From the American Haiku Archives.
Francine Porad lived, wrote and painted in the Seattle area. She served as President of the Haiku Society of America from
1993-1995 and as editor of Brussels Sprout, an international journal of haiku and art, for eight years. Many of the 22 collections
of Porad's published haiku are accompanied by her art. Her haiku may be found in publications in the U.S., Canada, England,
Croatia, Australia, Romania and Japan and her work is in many haiku anthologies. She was a frequent guest lecturer and juried
many national and international haiku/senryu/tanka competitions. Her awards include: the Itoen Tea Contest in Japan, 1998
and 1996; the Japan Poetry Society's International Tanka Competition, 1993; and the National League of American Pen Women's
Oregon State Haiku Contest, 1995.
Porad's most recent publication is "on crimson wings", an anthology honoring the Seattle Japanese Consulate Centennial in
August of 2001 which she co-edited; it is also available online as an e-book/screensaver. She was also involved in a long-time
collaboration with Marlene Mountain of Tennessee and Kris Kondo of Japan which is titled "Other rens". Porad collaborated
extensively over the years, having written renga with many well-known haiku poets. A sampling of Porad's haiku can be found
online at: http://home1.pacific.net.sg/~loudon/francine.htm
Additional personal data: Born Sept. 3, 1929 to Gertrude and Morris Harvitz in Seattle. Married Bernard L. Porad on June 12,
1949. Six children: Laurie, Bruce, Ken, Constance, Marci, Jeffrey. BFA: University of Washington, 1976. In addition to her
haiku work, active in the art community, exhibiting and lecturing. Widely traveled. Porad passed away in September 2006.
Francine Porad papers, 1980-2005.
Porad.
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.
Type:
biographyPhysical Description:
print
12 ms. boxes : ill., ports., photoprints.
Language:
English
Identifier:
$l CCSG $i 01/03/02 C
Origin:
CaliforniaCopyright Note:
Unrestricted. Please credit California State Library.