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Robert Epstein (born Robert Allen Epstein, April 8, 1954, Bronx, New York, U.S.A.), American psychologist, English-language nature-oriented haiku/senryu poet, and anthologist. He is the author of twenty-three books of haiku and editor of twelve haiku-themed anthologies on topics including the sacred; grief, loss, and change; recovery; renewal; mothers and fathers; aging; and animal rights. His anthology of death-awareness haiku won a Touchstone Distinguished Book Award (2011) and two others were shortlisted (2014, 2015), while two of his haiku and senryu won Touchstone Individual Poems Awards (2010, 2015) and three were shortlisted (2014, 2016, 2017). He has also received awards for his poems from The Heron’s Nest, Modern Haiku, and the Montserrat Review among others. Epstein has been a member of the Haiku Society of America since 1996 and was a charter member of the United Haiku and Tanka Society (2013). An ethical vegan for 50 years, he resides in El Cerrito, California.
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