Sanki SaitoSANKI SAITŌ (1900-1962) was a leading figure in the avant-garde haiku movement of the 1930s. He began writing in his thirties as a practising dentist, and was imprisoned for his poetry in the Second World War. His collections are: Flags (1940),Night Peaches (1948), One Hundred Haiku (1948), Today (1952), and Transformations (1962). 'Sanki' is a nom de plume that means 'Three Demons'. Read More Read Less