repatriated and buried in the Rotunda of Illustrious Persons on November 5, 1946. Poetry Tablada is recognized as among the originators of modern Mexican poetry and is credited with the introduction of haiku to his country. His collection Un dia (1919) contains 38 ‘synthetic poems’ and has been described as “the first book of original haiku written by a poet outside Japan”. It was followed by a collection of calligrams, Li-Po y otros poemas (1920), and in 1922 by El jarro de flores, containing a further 68 haiku. His haiku are distinguished by their aesthetic quality, as for example in Slight willow, almost gold, almost amber, almost light….<ref>El Sauz" from Un dia</ref> and by their humour: Moonlit roofs beyond the window, Chinese shadows inky black and the Chinese music of cats. In 1921 his friend the composer Edgard Varèse incorporated an earlier piece by Tablada, La Cruz del Sur, in his Offrandes (1921), and two years later dedicated his Hyperprism to the poet. After Tablada's death, Luis Sandi set ten of his haiku for voice and piano (Diez hai-kais para canto y piano, 1947). Bibliography Poetry El florilegio, 1899 La epopeya nacional, Porfirio Díaz, 1909 Hiroshigué: el pinto de la nieve, de la lluvia, de la noche y de la luna, 1914 Al sol y bajo la luna, 1918 Un día... Poemas Sintéticos, 1919 Li-Po y otros poemas, 1920 Madrigales ideográficos, 1920 Retablo de memoria de Ramón López Velarde, 1921 El jarro de flores, 1922 Intersecciones, 1924 La feria: poemas mexicanos, 1928 Del humorismo a la carcajada'', 1944 Essays "La defensa social: historia de la campaña de la División del Norte", 1913. "Historia del arte en México", 1927 "Hongos mexicanos comestibles: micología económica", 1983 References Most details are taken from the biography of the poet at the Free University of Mexico, Faculty of Philosophy and Literature External links AHA POET OF THE MONTH: José Juan Tablada (1871 – 1945) 1871 births 1945 deaths Burials in Mexico 20th-century Mexican writers 20th-century Mexican male writers Mexican male poets Haiku poets Writers from Mexico City