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Jaime Lorente (born Jaime Lorente Pulgar, September 18, 1985, Toledo, Spain), teacher, researcher, and writer. He holds degrees in humanities and culture and heritage and is a PhD student at the University of Castilla–La Mancha. With a microcredential in Japanese studies from the University of Valencia, Lorente is working on a dissertation on haiku while teaching at the Colegio Mayol in Toledo, where in 2013 he founded and still directs an award-winning haiku department. He has produced 15 books on philosophy, logic, and poetry, and in 2023 he created Sabi-shiori, a press dedicated to haikai and Japanese culture. Titles include El haiku en las aulas: una guía metodológica (2019; and Haiku in the Classroom: A Methodological Guide, 2024), Bashō y el metro 5-7-5 (2020; Bashō and 5–7–5 Metrics; French edition, 2023), and other original works about and translations of R. H. Blyth, Masaoka Shiki, Takahama Kyoshi, Sugita Hisajo, Kaneko Tohta, and Itō Yūki as well as Spanish haikai poets. Lorente still resides in Toledo.
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