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Takako Arai

あらい たかこ

Arai Takako

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1966-01-01 (Kiryu, Gunma, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
poet, critic, university professor, editor, film producer
活動期間
1990年〜
所属
Saitama University, Faculty of Liberal Arts (staff), Editor of the poetry journal 'Mi-te'
影響を受けた人物
Jūrō Karas

学歴

Gunma Prefectural Kiryu Girls' High School
国: Japan
Keio University, Faculty of Letters
国: Japan
Completed undergraduate studies
Keio University Graduate School, Department of Sociology (master's program)
学位: 修士
国: Japan
Completed master's program

受賞歴

Oguma Hideo Prize
2008
対象作品: Tamashii Dance
結果: 受賞
Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival (Selected for Asia Program)
2021
対象作品: Song of the Tohoku Onba — On the Tsunami Shore
部門: ドキュメンタリー(アジア千波万波部門)
主催: Yamagata International Documentary Film Festival
結果: 入選
Yoshida Hidekazu Prize
2022
対象作品: Lines of Jūrō Karas: Opening Plays of the 2000s
結果: 受賞
Ooka Nobuo Prize
2024
対象作品: Oshirakosama Kibun
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Poetry Collection: Ba-wang Bie Ji

1997年 poetry

An early poetry collection exploring multiplicity and transgression of voice.

voiceidentityboundary-crossing

Tamashii Dance

2007年 poetry

A mid-career poetry collection focusing on the flexibility of voice. Winner of the Oguma Hideo Prize (2008).

voicethe bodylabor

Bed and Loom

2013年 poetry

Poems concerning textiles, family memory, and the relationship between land and voice.

landmemorytextiles

Oshirakosama Kibun

2024年 poetry

A recent poetry collection engaging with folklore and the voices of place; winner of the Ooka Nobuo Prize (2024).

oral traditionfolkloreplace

Lines of Jūrō Karas — Opening Plays of the 2000s

2021年 theatre criticism

A critical study of Jūrō Karas and oral performance literature; winner of the Yoshida Hidekazu Prize.

theatreoral literaturecriticism

全著作

  • Poetry Collection: Ba-wang Bie Ji (Ryokugeisha, 1997)
  • Tamashii Dance (Mitchiko?, 2007)
  • Bed and Loom (Mitchiko?, 2013)
  • Lines of Jūrō Karas — Opening Plays of the 2000s (Gengi Shobo, 2021)
  • Oshirakosama Kibun (Gengi Shobo, 2024)
  • Tohoku Onba's Translations: Songs of Takuboku Ishikawa (Mirai-sha, 2017)

翻案

  • Song of the Tohoku Onba — On the Tsunami Shore (dir. Yoi Suzuki; produced/planned by Takako Arai, 2020)

作家による翻訳

  • Tohoku Onba's Translations: Songs of Takuboku Ishikawa (Mirai-sha, 2017)

作品の翻訳

  • Factory Girls (English translation, Action Books, 2019)
  • Takako Arai: Selected Poems (Spanish translation, Mi'Te Press, 2019)

作風・主題

文体
Experimental poetic style focusing on multiplicity and transgression of voiceCoexistence of colloquial and traditional/oral language expressions
頻出モチーフ
voiceplace/landoral traditiontextiles and labor

評価・遺産

Recognized domestically and internationally as a poet and critic. Active in post-2011 disaster-area projects, with translated poetry and invitations to international poetry festivals. Contributed to contemporary Japanese literature both as a poet and theatre critic.

豆知識

  • Born in Kiryu, Gunma; her family ran a textile factory.
  • Editor of the poetry journal 'Mi-te'.
  • On the faculty of Saitama University.
  • English translation 'Factory Girls' has attracted international attention.