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Ikuo Hasegawa

はせがわ いくお

Hasegawa Ikuo

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1947-12-15 （Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan）
Died
2020-05-01 age 72
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Kanagawa Prefecture (birthplace) → Tokyo (work) → Osaka (work, professor)

Career

Occupations
literary editor, critic, university professor, businessman
Active Years
1971-2020
Affiliations
Ozawa Shoten (founder), Ikuo Hasegawa Office (director), Osaka University of Arts (professor), Japan Editors Association (founding chair)
Influenced By
Jiro Aoyama, Kunio Ogawa, Ryuichi Tamura, Ken'ichi Yoshida, Daigaku Horiguchi, Hideo Takahashi

Education

Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
Country: Japan
Founded Ozawa (Ozawa) Shoten while enrolled

Awards

Arts Encouragement Prize (Minister of MEXT Award)
2007
Work: Bishu to Kawanō: Daiichi Shobo / Minokichi Hasegawa
Category: 文芸（編集）
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT
Result: 受賞
Japan Publishing Society Award (Special Prize)
2007
Work: Bishu to Kawanō
Category: 特別賞
Organization: Japan Publishing Society
Result: 受賞
Yamanashi Literature Prize (Research/Criticism)
2007
Work: Bishu to Kawanō
Category: 研究・評論
Organization: Yamanashi Literature Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Ōfusa Jirō Prize
2014
Work: Yoshida Ken'ichi
Category: 評伝（伝記）
Organization: Ōfusa Jirō Prize Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

I Have Discovered Myself

1992 memoir / essays

A collection of essays and recollections about exchanges with writers and editors.

memoryeditorial practice

Bishu to Kawanō: Daiichi Shobo / Minokichi Hasegawa

2006 research / criticism (bibliographic / editorial study)

An editorial-historical study and criticism concerning Daiichi Shobo and Minokichi Hasegawa.

publishing historyediting

Geibun Orlai (Essays and Exchanges)

2007 recollections / criticism

A collection of writings compiling exchanges and recollections with writers.

literary exchangereminiscence

The Spines of Books

2007 essays / book criticism

An essay collection portraying writers, interwoven with recollections.

writer studiespublishing

Daigaku Horiguchi: Poetry Is a Long Way of Life

2009 biography / reminiscence

Long-term serialized recollections and biography of Daigaku Horiguchi.

biographypoetry history

Knowing Fate and Maturity: 13 Requiems

2013 criticism

A set of subjective author studies dedicated to 13 writers and critics with whom he had deep exchanges.

author studiesreminiscence

Ken'ichi Yoshida

2014 biography / critical biography

A major critical biography of Ken'ichi Yoshida based on extensive materials.

critical biographyarchival research

The Editor: Soseki

2018 criticism / editorial history

An editorial study focusing on Natsume Soseki and editorial relationships.

editorial historyauthor studies

Bibliography

  • I Have Discovered Myself (1992)
  • Bishu to Kawanō (2006)
  • Geibun Orlai (2007)
  • The Spines of Books (2007)
  • Daigaku Horiguchi: Poetry Is a Long Way of Life (2009)
  • Knowing Fate and Maturity: 13 Requiems (2013)
  • Ken'ichi Yoshida (2014)
  • The Editor: Soseki (2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
calm, evidence-focused editorial and critical prosewarm tone interwoven with reminiscence
Recurring Motifs
reminiscencemaking editorial process visiblewriter studies

Health

  • esophageal cancer
    〜2020年（罹患期間の詳細不明）
    Died of esophageal cancer on May 1, 2020

Legacy

As a literary editor he worked on numerous collected works and literary books, served as a university professor and as founding chair of the Japan Editors Association, contributing to editor education and editorial history; highly regarded in editorial history and author studies.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Editors Association

Trivia

  • Founded Ozawa (Ozawa) Shoten in 1971.
  • Declared bankruptcy for Ozawa Shoten in autumn 2000.
  • Edited collected works of authors such as Jiro Aoyama, Kunio Ogawa, and Ryuichi Tamura.
  • Established the Japan Editors Association in 2010 and served as its founding chair.