Alexis Rotella

Alexis Rotella
Born (1947-01-16) January 16, 1947 (age 79)
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
EducationDrew University (B.A.)
OccupationsPoet, artist

Alexis K. Rotella (born January 16, 1947, in Johnstown, Pennsylvania) is an American poet and artist. She has written poems in several of the traditional styles of Japanese poetry, including haiku, senryū, renga, and haibun.

Biography

Alexis received a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Drew University in Madison, New Jersey, where she wrote a thesis on Zen Buddhism. She also received a master's degree in Classical Acupuncture from The Academy for Five Element Acupuncture (formerly The Worsley Institute, Hallandale, Florida) as well as a doctorate in clinical hypnotherapy (American Institute of Hypnotherapy, Santa Ana, California).

In 1984, she served as the President of the Haiku Society of America and edited its haiku journal Frogpond the same year. In 2009, she founded Prune Juice, an English-language journal for senryu.

Rotella is the 2019-2020 honorary curator of the American Haiku Archives at the California State Library in Sacramento.

Personal life

Alexis Rotella resides in Greensboro, North Carolina.

Bibliography

Poetry

Nonfiction

Additional Publications

See also

References

  1. ↑ "The Living Haiku Anthology - Rotella, Alexis". livinghaikuanthology.com. Retrieved 15 July 2020.[dead link]
  2. ↑ "Poet Profile - Alexis K. Rotella". The Haiku Foundation. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  3. ↑ Lutz, Sarah. "Haiku Writer Alexis Rotella". performance.millikin.edu. Archived from the original on 15 July 2020. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "About". Prune Juice : Journal of Senryu, Kyoka, Haibun, & Haiga. 25 August 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  5. ↑ "American Haiku Archives Honorary Curator Alexis Rotella". www.americanhaikuarchives.org. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  6. ↑ "Alexis Rotella - Mann Library's Daily Haiku". haiku.mannlib.cornell.edu. Retrieved 15 July 2020.