Rennyo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2007) award
Deguchi Yasuhiro
でぐち やすひろ
Deguchi Yasuhiro
Pen Names:
Tsushima Yū（Pen name used when publishing the short story "Hakujitsu"）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-08-15 （Nippori, Kita-Toshima District, Tokyo-fu (now Higashi-Nippori, Arakawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan)）
- Died
- 2015-08-02 age 86
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Nippori, Kita-Toshima District, Tokyo-fu (birthplace) → Sapporo (Hokkaido University appointment) → Wakabacho, Chofu, Tokyo (residence) → Paris (study/sojourn)
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Translator, French literature scholar, University professor
- Active Years
- 1950-2015
- Affiliations
- Hokkaido University, Hitotsubashi University
- Influenced By
- Fyodor Dostoevsky, Osamu Dazai, Maurice Blanchot, Georges Bataille, Joris-Karl Huysmans
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Urawa High School (pre-war system) | — | — | — | 1945-1948 | Japan |
| University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | Department of French Literature | 学士 | 1948-1952 | Japan |
| University of Paris, Faculty of Letters (self-funded study) | Faculty of Letters | — | — | 1962-1963 | France |
| University of Paris (Sorbonne) | Faculty of Letters | — | — | 1977-1978 | France |
Old Urawa High School (pre-war system)
Period:
1945-1948
Year of Graduation:
1948
Country:
Japan
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of French Literature
Degree:
学士
Period:
1948-1952
Year of Graduation:
1952
Country:
Japan
Studied French literature
University of Paris, Faculty of Letters (self-funded study)
Faculty of Letters
Period:
1962-1963
Country:
France
Self-funded study abroad
University of Paris (Sorbonne)
Faculty of Letters
Period:
1977-1978
Country:
France
Government-sponsored study abroad
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ito Sei Literary Prize | Sakaguchi Ango: The Centenary Eccentric | — | Ito Sei Literary Award Committee | winner |
| 2007 | Ren'nyo Prize | Sakaguchi Ango: The Centenary Eccentric | — | Ren'nyo Prize Committee | winner |
Ito Sei Literary Prize
2007
Work:
Sakaguchi Ango: The Centenary Eccentric
Organization:
Ito Sei Literary Award Committee
Result:
winner
Ren'nyo Prize
2007
Work:
Sakaguchi Ango: The Centenary Eccentric
Organization:
Ren'nyo Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Ito Sei Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2007) award
Works
Major Works
Baudelaire
1969 Literary criticismA critical study of Charles Baudelaire's poetry and thought, situating Baudelaire within modern poetry.
French literaturepoetrymodernity
Kyoko Hengen
1972 NovelA novel intertwining fantasy and reality around a young woman named Kyoko; his first full-length commercial novel.
fantasyidentitythe city
The Angel Strangler
1975 FictionA thematically intense work exploring existence and eros, dealing with eroticism and destruction.
eroticismdeathexistentialism
Lautréamont's Paris
1983 EssayReflections and travelogue-style sketches about Lautréamont and 19th-century Parisian poets.
Parispoetryliterary history
At the Edge of Town: Complete Short Stories of Deguchi Yasuhiro
1985 Short story collectionA collection of short stories portraying characters living on the margins of the city.
the citymarginhuman observation
Tokyo Tales
1996 Essays / Short storiesA volume of essays and short stories themed around Tokyo, depicting memories and cityscapes.
Tokyomemorylandscape
Sakaguchi Ango: The Centenary Eccentric
2006 Criticism / BiographyA critical biography interpreting the life and literature of Sakaguchi Ango, combining research and criticism.
modern literatureauthor studybiography
Bibliography
- Baudelaire
- Action and Dream
- Kyoko Hengen
- The Elliptical Eye
- The Angel Strangler
- Lautréamont's Paris
- At the Edge of Town: Complete Short Stories of Deguchi Yasuhiro
- Private: Tokyo Opera
- Scenes with Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
- Tokyo Tales
- The Letters of Tatsuhiko Shibusawa
- Takashi Tatsuno: Franco-Japanese Circular Square
- Imperial Paris and the Poets: Baudelaire, Lautréamont, Rimbaud
- Yukio Mishima: Labyrinths of Showa
- Osamu Dazai: Tales of Metamorphosis
- Sakaguchi Ango: The Centenary Eccentric
Translations by Author
- L'Espace littéraire (Maurice Blanchot; co-translated with N. Awazu)
- The Accursed (Georges Bataille)
- The Great Cathedral (Joris-Karl Huysmans)
- Internal Experience (E. M. Cioran)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- A critical, essayistic style strongly influenced by French literatureA translator's precise sensitivity to languagePoetic and at times fantastical expressions
- Recurring Motifs
- Pariseros and deathcrossing borderslove of the classics
Health
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Heart failure2015年8月（最終）Died of heart failure on 2015-08-02 at age 86
Legacy
Recognized as a scholar of French literature, translator, critic, and writer. He bridged modern French thought and Japanese modern literature, influencing later generations through his translations and criticism.
Trivia
- Although his birth-name reading is Yasuhiro, he has also been represented with the reading Yūkō in some sources.
- In 1955 he co-founded the literary magazine "Genre" and published the short story "Hakujitsu" under the pen name Tsushima Yū.
- He taught at Hitotsubashi University for many years and studied at the Sorbonne on a government-sponsored program in 1977–1978.
- In 2007 he received the Ito Sei Literary Prize and the Ren'nyo Prize for "Sakaguchi Ango: The Centenary Eccentric."