Oguma Hideo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1978) award
Tomoko Fukunaka
ふくなか ともこ
Fukunaka Tomoko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1928-01-05 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2008-01-13 age 80
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan → Osaka, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- poet, editor
- Active Years
- 1960-2008
- Affiliations
- Kansai Poets Association (executive committee)
- Memberships
- Kansai Poets Association
- Influenced
- Kazuko Okumura
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ishikawa Prefectural Tsubata Girls' High School (now Ishikawa Prefectural Tsubata High School) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Ishikawa Prefectural Tsubata Girls' High School (now Ishikawa Prefectural Tsubata High School)
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Oguma Hideo Prize | Complete Poems of Tomoko Fukunaka 1958–'76 | — | Oguma Hideo Prize Committee | winner |
Oguma Hideo Prize
1978
Work:
Complete Poems of Tomoko Fukunaka 1958–'76
Organization:
Oguma Hideo Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Theatre of Clouds
1960 poetry collectionAn early poetry collection containing delicate poems depicting urban and everyday landscapes.
cityeveryday lifenature
South Osaka
1964 poetry collectionA collection reflecting life in Osaka and local landscapes.
localityeveryday lifefemale perspective
In the Prime of Womanhood: Poems by Tomoko Fukunaka
1967 poetry collectionA poetry collection centered on women's lives and emotions.
womanhoodmaturationdomestic detail
Complete Poems of Tomoko Fukunaka 1958–'76
1977 collected poemsCollected poems from 1958 to 1976; the compilation that underpinned her receipt of the Oguma Hideo Prize in 1978.
recollectionwomen's daily lifememory
Lake Biwa Fantasies: Poems by Tomoko Fukunaka
1976 poetry collectionA poetry collection featuring fantastical imagery themed around Lake Biwa.
naturefantasynostalgia
Bibliography
- Theatre of Clouds (poetry)
- South Osaka (poetry)
- In the Prime of Womanhood: Poems by Tomoko Fukunaka
- Tomoko Fukunaka: Poems
- Lake Biwa Fantasies: Poems by Tomoko Fukunaka
- Doctor's Wife
- Complete Poems of Tomoko Fukunaka 1958–'76
- You Can Hear the Poems of Womanhood
- Because All Women Are Flowers
- The Local Doctor
- Letters to the Doctor's Wife
- The Town Where Reed Shoots Shine: Poems by Tomoko Fukunaka
- A Town Called Ota (poetry)
- The Miracle of Being Alive (poetry)
- Farewell, Summer Lovers: Essays
- Bouquet of Words: Forewords and Afterwords I Wrote, Vol. 1
- The Voice of the Cicadas
- Love Letters in Thirty-two Characters: Poems by Tomoko Fukunaka
- Staying in the Twentieth Century: Poems by Tomoko Fukunaka
- The Literature Museum of Memory Regeneration: Poems by Tomoko Fukunaka
- My Source: Poems by Tomoko Fukunaka
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and delicate expressiondetailed observation of everyday life
- Recurring Motifs
- women's lifememory and recollectionnature imagery
Legacy
A Japanese woman poet active from the late 20th to early 21st century. Based in Kansai, she was known for weaving regional themes and a female perspective into her work; she contributed to contemporary poetry, notably receiving the Oguma Hideo Prize.
Academic Societies
- Kansai Poets Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (holdings)
- VIAF / various bibliographic databases
Trivia
- Born in Tokyo and later lived in Osaka.
- Won the 11th Oguma Hideo Prize in 1978 for 'Complete Poems of Tomoko Fukunaka 1958–'76.'
- Served on the executive committee of the Kansai Poets Association; her pupils include Kazuko Okumura.