Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 72 (2020) award
Hideto Tsuboi
つぼい ひでと
Tsuboi Hideto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-10-06 （Nagoya, Aichi, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Nagoya, Japan (birthplace; workplace) → Vienna, Austria (visiting researcher) → Kanazawa, Japan (lecturer) → Tokyo, Japan (Waseda University)
Career
- Occupations
- Scholar of modern Japanese literature, University professor, Literary scholar
- Active Years
- 1982-
- Affiliations
- Kanazawa College of Art (Lecturer), Nagoya University (Associate Professor, Professor; center director), International Research Center for Japanese Studies (Professor, Emeritus), Waseda University Faculty of Letters (Professor)
- Influenced By
- Hagiwara Sakutaro
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagoya University | Faculty of Letters | — | 学士 | 1978-1982 | Japan |
| Nagoya University | Graduate School of Letters | — | 文学博士（論文博士） | 1987-1990 | Japan |
Nagoya University
Faculty of Letters
Degree:
学士
Period:
1978-1982
Year of Graduation:
1982
Country:
Japan
Nagoya University
Graduate School of Letters
Degree:
文学博士（論文博士）
Period:
1987-1990
Year of Graduation:
1990
Country:
Japan
Awarded Doctor of Literature (thesis) at Nagoya University for the dissertation 'Hagiwara Sakutaro ron'.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Japanese Comparative Literature Association Prize (50th Anniversary Special Award) | The Festival of Voices: Modern Japanese Poetry and War | — | Japanese Comparative Literature Association | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Yamanashi Literature Prize (Criticism/Research Category) | Tracing the Memories of War | 評論・研究部門 | Yamanashi Literature Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Ayukawa Nobuo Prize (4th) | Sex Speaks: Sex and the Body in 20th-Century Japanese Literature | — | Ayukawa Nobuo Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2021 | Yomiuri Literature Prize (72nd) | Remembering 20th-Century Japanese Poetry | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
Japanese Comparative Literature Association Prize (50th Anniversary Special Award)
1998
Work:
The Festival of Voices: Modern Japanese Poetry and War
Organization:
Japanese Comparative Literature Association
Result:
受賞
Yamanashi Literature Prize (Criticism/Research Category)
2005
Work:
Tracing the Memories of War
Category:
評論・研究部門
Organization:
Yamanashi Literature Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Ayukawa Nobuo Prize (4th)
2013
Work:
Sex Speaks: Sex and the Body in 20th-Century Japanese Literature
Organization:
Ayukawa Nobuo Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Yomiuri Literature Prize (72nd)
2021
Work:
Remembering 20th-Century Japanese Poetry
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Hagiwara Sakutaro ron: Opening <Poetry>
1989 Literary criticism / scholarly studyA detailed study analyzing Hagiwara Sakutaro's poetry and poetics, discussing expression and sensibility in modern Japanese poetry.
Hagiwara SakutaroPoetryModern Japanese poetry
The Festival of Voices: Modern Japanese Poetry and War
1997 Literary study (with audio materials)A study focusing on wartime poetry and recitation, examining representations of voice and how poetry relates to war. Includes a recording CD of readings.
WarVoiceRecitationModern poetry
Adaptations
- [Audio CD (attached material)] The Festival of Voices (with audio CD) (1997)
Tracing the Memories of War
2005 Essays / Cultural studiesAn essayistic work discussing representations of war memory and the issues of memory transmission in postwar Japan.
WarMemoryPostwar
Sensibilities of Modernity: Voice, Body, Representation
2006 Cultural history / literary studiesExamines the sensory history of modernity through voice and the body, exploring the relationship between representation and corporeality.
CorporealityVoiceModernityRepresentation
Sex Speaks: Sex and the Body in 20th-Century Japanese Literature
2012 Literary studies / gender studiesA critical examination of representations of sex and the body in 20th-century Japanese literature, discussing intersections of literature and gender.
SexBodyGender20th-century literature
Remembering 20th-Century Japanese Poetry
2020 Poetry studies / literary historyReexamines the history and memory of 20th-century Japanese poetry, considering the positioning and transmission of poetic traditions.
PoetryMemoryLiterary history
Japanese Literature after 1945
2023 Postwar literature studiesA comprehensive study surveying developments in postwar Japanese expression, discussing shifts and memories in postwar literature and culture.
PostwarLiteratureExpression
Bibliography
- Hagiwara Sakutaro ron: Opening <Poetry> (1989)
- The Festival of Voices: Modern Japanese Poetry and War (1997)
- Tracing the Memories of War (2005)
- Sensibilities of Modernity: Voice, Body, Representation (2006)
- Sex Speaks: Sex and the Body in 20th-Century Japanese Literature (2012)
- Remembering 20th-Century Japanese Poetry (2020)
- Japanese Literature after 1945 (2023)
- Numerous edited volumes (including 'Rereading Postwar Japan' 6 vols., etc.)
Adaptations
- The Festival of Voices (with audio CD)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Comparative-literature approachCultural-historical perspectiveCritical and theoretical analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- War and memoryVoice and recitationCorporeality and sensibilityExamination of modernity
Legacy
Hideto Tsuboi is a scholar of modern Japanese literature recognized for his work on poetry, war, the body, and memory. His contributions to postwar representation studies and gender/body research are highly regarded, and his long academic career has had influence domestically and internationally.
Trivia
- Born in 1959 in Nagoya.
- Served as a visiting researcher at the University of Vienna under a long-term MEXT fellowship in 1992-1993.
- Awarded Doctor of Literature (thesis) at Nagoya University in 1990.
- Received the Japanese Comparative Literature Association Prize (50th Anniversary Special Award) in 1998.
- Won the 72nd Yomiuri Literature Prize in 2021 for 'Remembering 20th-Century Japanese Poetry'.
- Has served as a professor at Waseda University Faculty of Letters since 2014.