Shuntaro Tanikawa, Poet and Translator of ‘Peanuts,’ Dies at 92 A perennial front-runner for the Nobel Prize in Literature, he was a revered figure in Japan, not just in literary circles but also among casual readers.

The Poet Who Commands a Rebel Army “Revolution is the job of poets and artists,” says Ko Maung Saungkha, leader of a rebel militia fighting the Myanmar dictatorship. He is not the only poet commander in a country with a strong tradition of political verse.