Tamura Toshiko Award
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1969) award
Sumako Fukuda
ふくだ すまこ
Fukuda Sumako
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1922-03-23 （Hamaguchi-cho, Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 1974-04-02 （Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan） age 52
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan → Shijonawate, Osaka Prefecture, Japan → Toyonaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- poet, essayist, writer
- Active Years
- 1956-1973
- Affiliations
- Nagasaki Life Documentation Group, Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Girls' High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Nagasaki Prefectural Nagasaki Girls' High School
Year of Graduation:
1938
Country:
Japan
Final education: graduated from a girls' high school
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | Tamura Toshiko Prize | I Still Live | — | Tamura Toshiko Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Tamura Toshiko Prize
1969
Work:
I Still Live
Organization:
Tamura Toshiko Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Poems and Essays: Hitorigoto
1956 Poetry collectionHer debut, self-printed poetry collection containing poems on her atomic bomb experience and appeals for peace.
atomic bombingpeacememories of daily life
Atomic Fields
1958 Poetry collectionA poetry collection centered on her hibakusha (atomic bomb survivor) experience, addressing postwar suffering and the inhumanity of nuclear weapons.
atomic bombinganti-nuclearrecovery
Brand
1963 Poetry collectionA collection of poems that engrave memories of the bombing and questions to society; the title evokes scars left on body and mind.
memoryscarssocial critique
Living (Records of Life Twenty Years After the Bomb)
1965 Records / EssaysAn essay collection documenting life twenty years after the bombing, touching on health, economic hardship, and the situation of survivors.
post-bombing lifehealth issuestestimony
I Still Live
1968 Autobiographical novelAn autobiographical novel depicting her hibakusha experience and postwar life, including illness and hardships; considered a representative work.
atomic bombinglife and deathrecovery and resistance
Bibliography
- Poems and Essays: Hitorigoto
- Atomic Fields
- Brand
- Living (Records of Life Twenty Years After the Bomb)
- I Still Live
- Testimonies of Nagasaki, Vol.4 (ed.)
- I Can't Take It Anymore (edited; reprint)
- Living in the Atomic Fields: Collected Works of Sumako Fukuda (ed.)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- direct, forceful voicepoetic expression of hibakusha experience
- Recurring Motifs
- atomic bombingappeals for peaceconfrontation of life and deathmemories of daily life
Health
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Sequelae of atomic bomb exposure1945-1974Chronic health problems and economic hardship affected her daily life and ability to sustain creative work.
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Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE)1955-1974Diagnosed in 1955; she experienced repeated hospitalizations and health deterioration, limiting work and daily life.
Legacy
A poet who continually conveyed her atomic bomb experience through poems and essays. In Nagasaki she is commemorated with a monument and annual gatherings; she remains a symbol in anti-nuclear and peace movements.
Museums
- Poem Monument at Hypocenter Park (Fukuda Sumako Monument) Peace Park (Hypocenter Park), Nagasaki City, Japan Opened in 1975
- National Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Victims Memorial Museum (related facility) Nagasaki City, Japan
Academic Societies
- Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Survivors Council
- Association for Testimonies of Nagasaki
Archives
- Nagasaki Prefectural Library - Local Materials Center (Fukuda Sumako profile)
- Materials related to 'Living in the Atomic Fields: Collected Works of Sumako Fukuda' (Shibunsha)
In Popular Culture
- A '50 years after death' gathering in Nagasaki (2024) featured readings and lectures
- Her poem was quoted in the Nagasaki Peace Declaration (2024)
Trivia
- In 1955 her poem 'Hitorigoto' was published in the Asahi Shimbun and caused a strong public reaction.
- In 1975 a poem monument was erected at the hypocenter park in Nagasaki, and annual gatherings are held on her death anniversary.
- She debuted in 1956 with a self-printed poetry collection 'Poems and Essays: Hitorigoto'.