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Takuya Fukuda

ふくだ たくや

Fukuda Takuya

Pen Names: Taketoh Fukuda（Pen name used for some poetry collections）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1963-01-01 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese, French
Residence History
Tokyo, Japan → Paris, France (residence during study)

Career

Occupations
poet, literary critic, university professor, French literature scholar, editor
Active Years
1989-
Affiliations
Toyo University
Influenced By
Paul Éluard, André Breton, Charles Baudelaire
Nominations
Ayukawa Nobuo Prize (2014, finalist)

Education

Keio University
Faculty of Letters, Department of French / French Literature
Degree: Bachelor / Master (修士論文提出)
Period: 1980s
Year of Graduation: 1989
Country: Japan
Completed master's thesis at Keio University (thesis year around 1989)
Paris 8 University (Université Paris 8 Vincennes-Saint-Denis)
Graduate School of French Literature / French Literature Studies
Degree: 文学博士 (PhD)
Period: 1990-1996
Year of Graduation: 1996
Country: France
Studied in France as a French government scholarship student; completed doctoral program at Paris 8 and earned a PhD

Awards

Gendai Shi Techo Prize (32nd)
1994
Organization: Gendai Shi Techo Editorial Board
Result: 受賞
Ayukawa Nobuo Prize (finalist)
2014
Work: The Poems of Kamenosuke Ogata: From Taisho 'Deconstruction' to Showa 'Nothingness'
Organization: Ayukawa Nobuo Prize Committee
Result: 最終候補
Rikutei Prize (56th)
2018
Work: Wajin-den Fragments / Planetary House Dust
Organization: Rikutei Prize Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Suna-chi

1998 Poetry collection

One of his early poetry collections, characterized by concrete poetic images and fragmentary structure.

languagememoryfragmentation

Morning Without Words Yet

2014 Poetry collection

A mid-to-late period poetry collection that poetically questions the production and presence of language.

languageexistencedeath

Wajin-den Fragments

2017 Poetry collection

A collection exploring the origins of the Japanese language and culture through poetic fragments invoking ancient history.

origins of Japanese languagemythhistory

Planetary House Dust

2018 Poetry collection

Poems that depict the interaction of cosmic scales and everyday life in a poetic manner.

cosmoseveryday lifeloneliness

The Poems of Kamenosuke Ogata: From Taisho 'Deconstruction' to Showa 'Nothingness'

2013 Critical study 190 pages

A critical study analyzing the poetry of Kamenosuke Ogata from historical and stylistic perspectives.

poeticsmodern Japanese poetrystylistic analysis

Kobayashi Hideo: Songs of Bone and Corpses — On Baudelaire's Poetry

2015 Critical study 292 pages

Through a study of Kobayashi Hideo, examines reception and interpretation of Baudelaire's poetry.

comparative literatureBaudelairehermeneutics

Bibliography

  • Suna-chi
  • Shibo-sha
  • Children of Language
  • Song of Sand
  • Morning Without Words Yet
  • Wajin-den Fragments
  • Planetary House Dust
  • DEATH or Nakedness
  • The Poems of Kamenosuke Ogata: From Taisho 'Deconstruction' to Showa 'Nothingness'
  • Kobayashi Hideo: Songs of Bone and Corpses — On Baudelaire's Poetry
  • The Origins of 'Japan' — The Birth of Amaterasu and the Formation of the Japanese Language
  • Éluard's Automatic Writing

Style & Themes

Literary Style
fragmentary, highly symbolic dictionscholarly comparative-critical perspectiveexperimental expressions influenced by modern French poetry
Recurring Motifs
origins and generation of languagedeath and the bodydreams and the unconsciousJapanese myth and history

Legacy

Takuya Fukuda has offered a distinctive perspective in contemporary Japanese poetics through his poetry and criticism rooted in studies of French poetry. His work as a university professor and editor is also recognized.

Trivia

  • Served as editor-in-chief of the literary magazine Mita Bungaku (spring 2016–winter 2017).
  • Maintains a Twitter account (@piloteduvent).