Haijin Kyokai Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1970) award
Hayashi Sho
はやし しょう
Hayashi Shō
Pen Names:
Hayashi Sho（Used as haiku pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-01-24 （Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 2009-11-09 （Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture, Japan） age 95
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Nagano City (birthplace) → Ichikawa, Chiba Prefecture (long-term residence) → Ōnocho, Ichikawa (later residence)
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, secondary-school teacher
- Active Years
- 1939-2009
- Affiliations
- Contributor/member of the magazine 'Asubaki', Editor-in-chief / deputy chief editor / senior advisor of the magazine 'Oki'
- Memberships
- Modern Haiku Association (later resigned), Haiku Poets' Association (joined; later served as advisor)
- Influenced By
- Nomura Tōshirō, Mizuhara Kyōsuke
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kokugakuin University | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Kokugakuin University
Country:
Japan
Active in tanka during university; later shifted to haiku
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1971 | Haijin Kyokai Prize (10th) | Washi | — | Haiku Poets' Association | winner |
| 2005 | Poetry and Poetics Museum Prize (20th) | Light Years | — | Poetry & Poetics Museum | winner |
Haijin Kyokai Prize (10th)
1971
Work:
Washi
Organization:
Haiku Poets' Association
Result:
winner
Poetry and Poetics Museum Prize (20th)
2005
Work:
Light Years
Organization:
Poetry & Poetics Museum
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2005) award
Works
Major Works
Washi
1971 haikuA collection of haiku blending seasonal feeling and lyricism, using concise language to depict everyday life and nature.
seasonsnatureeveryday life
Light Years
2004 haikuA late-career collection featuring reflective haiku attentive to memory and the passage of time.
memorytimeloss
Sunzen
haikuOne of the representative mid-career collections (detailed publication year unknown).
everyday lifeclose observation
Bibliography
- Washi
- Sunzen
- Sekiteki
- Genka
- Spring Bodhisattva
- As It Is
- Light Years
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, economy of expressioncombines traditional seasonal diction with a modern sensibility
- Recurring Motifs
- changing seasonssmall scenes in naturememory and time
Health
-
pancreatic cancer2009Became cause of death. He remained active into old age but died in 2009 after illness.
Legacy
A haiku poet active from the 20th into the 21st century. Through published collections and magazine work he influenced later poets and served as an advisor to the Haiku Poets' Association. Known for concise expression and strong sense of seasonality.
Academic Societies
- Haiku Poets' Association
- Modern Haiku Association (former affiliation)
Trivia
- He lost his mother at ten months and was raised by his grandmother until age five.
- After graduating from Kokugakuin University he worked for many years as a secondary-school teacher.
- First selected for the magazine 'Asubaki' in 1940, thereafter focused on haiku.
- Died of pancreatic cancer in 2009 at age 95.