Kadan Award
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1998) award
Ryo Honda
ほんだ りょう
Honda Ryo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1967-10-17 （Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, editorial board member
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- Editorial board member, Tanka-jin (tanka magazine), Member, Modern Tanka Poets' Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwansei Gakuin University | School of Commerce | — | 学士 | — | Japan |
| London School of Economics | — | — | 修士 | — | United Kingdom |
Kwansei Gakuin University
School of Commerce
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
London School of Economics
Degree:
修士
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Kadan Prize | — | — | Kadan (tanka magazine) | winner |
| 2004 | Modern Tanka Poets' Association Award | Blue Gravity | — | Modern Tanka Poets' Association | winner |
| 2008 | Terayama Shuji Tanka Award | Wanderer | — | Terayama Shuji Tanka Award Committee | winner |
| 2024 | Saito Mokichi Tanka Literature Award | Toki Soku (Time Interlude) | — | Saito Mokichi Tanka Literature Award Committee | winner |
Kadan Prize
1998
Organization:
Kadan (tanka magazine)
Result:
winner
Modern Tanka Poets' Association Award
2004
Work:
Blue Gravity
Organization:
Modern Tanka Poets' Association
Result:
winner
Terayama Shuji Tanka Award
2008
Work:
Wanderer
Organization:
Terayama Shuji Tanka Award Committee
Result:
winner
Saito Mokichi Tanka Literature Award
2024
Work:
Toki Soku (Time Interlude)
Organization:
Saito Mokichi Tanka Literature Award Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 48 (2004) award
Terayama Shuji Tanka Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 13 (2008) award
Saito Mokichi Tanka Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 36 (2024) award
Works
Major Works
Blue Gravity
2003 tankaFirst collection of tanka poems portraying grandeur of nature and human feeling in compact lyric form.
naturemountaineeringsea
Wanderer
2008 tankaSecond tanka collection featuring travel and themes of leaving home; includes dynamic nature-oriented poems.
travelnatureleaving home
Children's Tanka
2012 interlude tanka collectionInterlude tanka collection focused on children and childhood themes.
childrenfamily
Bewilderment
2013 tankaThird collection exploring interplay between introspection and the external world.
introspectionnature
Rokuchō
2019 tankaFourth collection emphasizing rhythm and tonal variety in tanka.
rhythmeveryday life
Modern Tanka Library 168: Ryo Honda Collected Tanka
2023 selected worksSelected anthology compiling major works.
overviewretrospective
Toki Soku (Time Interlude)
2024 interlude tanka collectionInterlude collection including poems depicting his battle with malignant lymphoma.
illnessbattling diseasetime
Bibliography
- Blue Gravity
- Wanderer
- Children's Tanka
- Bewilderment
- Rokuchō
- Modern Tanka Library 168: Ryo Honda Collected Tanka
- Toki Soku (Time Interlude)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- dynamic, grand-scale nature poetryconcise and powerful tanka expressiontravel and family themes
- Recurring Motifs
- mountainsseatravelfamilygardening/community farming
Health
-
Peripheral T-cell lymphoma2024–Has influenced his work; published a collection depicting his battle with the disease.
Legacy
A prominent contemporary tanka poet known for dynamic nature poems, travel and family themes; active in editorial work and supporting younger poets.
Academic Societies
- Modern Tanka Poets' Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (catalogue of works)
Trivia
- Has traveled to over 80 countries
- Long been involved in managing a community garden
- Recipient of multiple tanka awards