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Homura Hiroshi

ほむら ひろし

Homura Hiroshi

ペンネーム: Homura Hiroshi（Byline used for picture-book and children's-book translations）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1962-05-21 （Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan → Sagamihara, Kanagawa, Japan → Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan → Nagoya, Aichi (grew up in Showa Ward)

経歴

職業
Tanka poet, Poet, Literary critic, Translator, Essayist, Children's-book translator, Lyricist
活動期間
1986年〜
所属
Member of the tanka magazine 'Kaban', SS-PROJECT (collective promoting New Wave tanka)
所属団体
Kaban (tanka magazine), SS-PROJECT (collective), Yomiuri Shimbun Reader Committee (2003-2004), Asahi Shimbun Book Review Committee (2009-2012), Bungei Prize (selection committee member, appointed 2020)
影響を受けた人物
Kunio Tsukamoto, Yumiko Oshima

学歴

Hokkaido University
Division I, Humanities
期間: 1981（在学・退学）
国: Japan
Began interest in tanka during enrollment; withdrew from the university
Sophia University
Faculty of Humanities / Department of English Literature
学位: Bachelor of Arts
期間: 1983-1987
卒業年: 1987
国: Japan
Graduation thesis on Ernest Hemingway

受賞歴

Kadokawa Tanka Prize
1986
対象作品: Syndicate (sequence)
主催: Kadokawa Shoten
結果: 次席（Runner-up）
Ito Sei Literary Prize
2008
対象作品: Friends of Tanka
部門: 評論部門
主催: Ito Sei Prize Committee
結果: 受賞（Winner）
Tanka Kenkyu Award
2008
対象作品: A Pleasant Day
主催: Tanka Kenkyu Award Committee
結果: 受賞（Winner）
Ars Electronica (Interactive category)
2008
対象作品: Fire, Touchable (collaboration with Yoko Ishii)
部門: インタラクティブ部門
主催: Ars Electronica
結果: 栄誉賞（Honorary Award）
Yochien Picture-Book Prize (Special Prize)
2013
対象作品: Aka Ninja (Red Ninja)
主催: Yochien Picture-Book Prize Committee
結果: 受賞（Special Prize）
Kodansha Essay Award
2017
対象作品: Goosebumps
主催: Kodansha
結果: 受賞（Winner）
Wakayama Bokusui Prize
2018
対象作品: Hydrofoil Ship on Fire
主催: Wakayama Bokusui Prize Committee
結果: 受賞（Winner）

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Syndicate

1990年 Tanka collection

Debut collection centered on the sequence 'Syndicate'; regarded as a representative work of the New Wave tanka movement.

contemporary lifeyouthplayfulness with language

Dry Dry Ice

1992年 Tanka collection

Second tanka collection; an experimental work described by the author as akin to a 'summer holiday research project'.

experimentalismeveryday life

Mami the Letter Witch — Summer Moving (With a Rabbit)

2001年 Tanka collection (dialogue form)

Third collection presented as dialogues in the voice of 'Mami', portraying contemporary forms of love from a girl's perspective.

lovegirlhooddialogue

Line Markers — The Best of Homura Hiroshi

2003年 Selected/Best-of collection

A best-of collection compiling representative poems from the author's early to mid career.

selected worksretrospective

Hydrofoil Ship on Fire

2018年 Tanka collection

Fourth tanka collection containing keen observations on contemporary society; winner of the Wakayama Bokusui Prize.

social observationurban lifeunease

Goosebumps

2016年 Essay collection

Essay collection mixing fine observation and humor; awarded the Kodansha Essay Award.

everyday observationreminiscencehumor

全著作

  • Syndicate
  • Dry Dry Ice
  • Mami the Letter Witch — Summer Moving (With a Rabbit)
  • Line Markers — The Best of Homura Hiroshi
  • Hydrofoil Ship on Fire
  • Tanka as a Bomb — For Those Who Want to Become Tanka Poets Now
  • Friends of Tanka
  • World-Illiterate
  • Goosebumps
  • My Tanka Notebook
  • Tanka for Beginners
  • The Hunting of the Snark (translation)

翻案

  • Provided lyrics for songs by Haruka to Miyuki (e.g. 'Sonna Umi wa Doko ni mo Nai')

作家による翻訳

  • Map Picture Book (Sara Fanelli) — Japanese translation
  • Button (Sara Fanelli) — Japanese translation
  • It's Okay (Todd Parr) — Japanese translation
  • The Hunting of the Snark (Lewis Carroll) — Japanese translation

作風・主題

文体
colloquial and accessible dictionhumor and witexperimental modern tanka (New Wave tanka)
頻出モチーフ
details of everyday lifeyouthful madnessgirl's perspective and dialogueurban landscapes

健康

  • Glaucoma
    2020年代（公表は2025年）
    He has discussed the impact of vision loss on daily life and creative activity

評価・遺産

As a leading figure of New Wave tanka, he contributed to popularizing tanka and expanding contemporary expression. Through essays, translations and media appearances he has influenced a broad readership.

資料所蔵先

  • Held/recorded in the National Diet Library (works and manuscripts)

大衆文化への影響

  • Radio segment 'Homuhomu no Fumufumu' on NHK Radio's 'Radio Shinyabin'
  • Lyricist for the NHK National School Music Contest (high school division) course song 'Maple Syrup' (2015)

引用

  • Tanka is both a fixed-point observation of its era and society and a medium that makes one think about history, form, and, ultimately, what Japan is.
    出典: Interviews / essays (source: summary from Wikipedia article) (2001年)
  • Poetry can harness that peculiar intensity one might call the madness of youth as a strength.
    出典: Criticism / interview (source: summary from Wikipedia article) (2001年)

豆知識

  • Wrote his graduation thesis on Ernest Hemingway while at Sophia University.
  • Many picture-book translations are published under the byline 'ほむらひろし' (Homura Hiroshi).
  • Active on X (formerly Twitter) under the account @homurahiroshi.
  • Wrote the lyrics for the NHK National School Music Contest course song (2015).
  • Known as a central figure in the New Wave tanka movement.