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Kōnosuke Hinatsu

ひなつ こうのすけ

Hinatsu Kōnosuke

Pen Names: ,

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1890-02-22 (Iida Town, Shimoina District, Nagano Prefecture (now Chikucho, Iida City))
Died
1971-06-13 (Iida City, Nagano Prefecture) age 81
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
poet, writer, English literature scholar
Active Years
1912-1971
Affiliations
Waseda University, Aoyama Gakuin University
Influenced By
Oscar Wilde, Edgar Allan Poe
Influenced
Yukio Mishima, Tatsuhiko Shibusawa

Education

Waseda University
Faculty of Letters / Department of English Literature
Degree: 文学士
Period: 1908-1914
Year of Graduation: 1914
Country: Japan

Awards

Yomiuri Literary Prize
1950
Work: Revised and Expanded History of Meiji and Taisho Poetry
Category: 研究部門
Organization: Yomiuri Shimbun Company
Result: 受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1951
Work: Anthology of Modern Japanese Poetry
Organization: Mainichi Shimbun Company
Result: 受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
1952
Work: History of Meiji Romantic Literature / Complete Poems of Kōnosuke Hinatsu
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: 受賞
Honorary Citizen of Iida
1953
Organization: Iida City
Result: 称号授与

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Praise of Turning

1917 Poetry Collection

Black-robed Madonna

1921 Poetry Collection

Koumin Notes

1926 Poetry Collection

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Symbolist Gothic Romance styleHighbrow
Recurring Motifs
ideogramsmysticism

Health

  • intercostal neuralgia
    若年時より
  • asthma
    若年時より
  • cerebral hemorrhage
    1956年
    paralysis of the right side

Legacy

Known as the 'Scholar Poet' for his extensive scholarship and diverse literary activities

Museums

  • Konosuke Hinatsu Memorial Museum Iida City, Nagano Prefecture Opened in 1989

Archives

  • Documents held by the Hinatsu Memorial Museum

In Popular Culture

  • Erection of poetry monuments

Quotes

  • The spirit of ideograms communicates to the mind through many visual impressions.
    Source: Preface to 'Praise of Turning' (1917)

Trivia

  • He had over 30 different art names
  • He enjoyed calligraphy and antiques