July 2026
The Japanese literary magazine Atlas has been publishing - in every half-yearly issue since July 2014 - Hiromi Mizoguchi's translation of Brinckmann's essays about remarkable people he had met. Its July 2026 issue No.54 featured "Shimaoka Ken - Poet, Zen practitioner and important friend." It is a remarkable story about his friendship with a Japanese poet in Kyoto in 1957 and a surprise visit last summer 2025 from the poet’s great-granddaughter, who lives in Australia.
This is Hans Brinckmann's final essay.
