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Daisuke Doi

どい だいすけ

Doi Daisuke

Aliases: 吉沢四郎（旧姓：堀井）
Pen Names: Shiro Yoshizawa（Birth name (formerly Hori)）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1927-02-20 （Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan）
Died
2014-07-30 age 87
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Tsuruoka, Yamagata, Japan → Dalian, Liaoning, China (taught at Dalian Japanese Language College) → Tokyo, Japan

Career

Occupations
poet, playwright, social activist, Japanese language teacher (in China)
Active Years
1962-2014
Affiliations
Poets' Conference (served as executive committee chair and advisor), Dalian Japanese Language College (worked as a teacher; later part of Dalian University of Foreign Languages' predecessor), Japanese Communist Party (associated)
Influenced By
Kobayashi Takiji, Senji Yamamoto, Ryuji Nishizawa

Education

Imperial Japanese Army Air Officer School
Period: 在学中に終戦（〜1945）
Country: Japan
Left school when World War II ended while enrolled.
Niigata Higher School (old system)
Country: Japan
Transferred from the Army Air Officer School.
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Law / Law
Degree: 学士
Country: Japan
Graduated from the Faculty of Law, University of Tokyo.

Awards

Takiji-Yuriko Prize
2001
Work: Triumphal Song of the Tamagawa
Organization: Takiji-Yuriko Prize Committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kobayashi Takiji

1974 biography

A biographical work on Kobayashi Takiji that examines his life and writings, discussing his literary legacy and ties to labor movements.

proletarian literaturelabor movementbiography

Dawn of Yoka

1975 poetry

A collection of poems centered on local communities and social issues, reflecting strong political and social concerns.

local communitypoliticslabor

Triumphal Song of the Tamagawa

2001 poetry

A poetry collection addressing the Tamagawa flood, victims' situations, and citizens' resistance and solidarity. Winner of the Takiji-Yuriko Prize in 2001.

disasterreconstructioncitizen activismsolidarity

Revive Kobayashi Takiji — Poems and Essays

2003 poems and essays

A collection of poems and essays about Kobayashi Takiji, attempting a literary reassessment and remembrance of Takiji.

remembranceliterary historyideas

Bibliography

  • Kobayashi Takiji (Shobunsha, 1974)
  • Dawn of Yoka (Japanese Communist Party Central Committee Publishing, 1975)
  • Triumphal Song of the Tamagawa (Shin Nihon Shuppansha, 2001)
  • Revive Kobayashi Takiji — Poems and Essays (Shirakaba Literature Museum Takiji Library, 2003)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
poetry addressing social and political themesrealist style rooted in the tradition of proletarian literatureplain and direct language
Recurring Motifs
workers' perspectiveresistance and solidaritydisaster and reconstructionmemory and remembrance

Legacy

Daisuke Doi was a postwar poet, playwright and social activist known for carrying on the tradition of proletarian literature and producing socially engaged poems sympathetic to workers and disaster victims. He was active beyond literature — serving in the Poets' Conference and acting in legal efforts related to the Tamagawa flood — and won the Takiji-Yuriko Prize in 2001 for Tamagawa's Triumphal Song.

Museums

  • Shirakaba Literature Museum Takiji Library

Academic Societies

  • Poets' Conference

Archives

  • Holdings at the National Diet Library (Japan)
  • Authority databases (ISNI, VIAF, WorldCat, etc.) contain identifiers

Trivia

  • Birth name: Shiro Yoshizawa (former family name: Hori).
  • Debuted in 1962 with the poem "Juunen tattara" (Ten Years Later).
  • Worked as a Japanese-language teacher in Dalian, China from 1964 to 1966.
  • Served as administrative director for litigation related to the 1974 Tamagawa flood.
  • Won the Takiji-Yuriko Prize in 2001 for "Triumphal Song of the Tamagawa."
  • Served as executive committee chair and advisor of the Poets' Conference.