Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 11 (1978) award
Sadayoshi Horiguchi
ほりぐち さだよし
Horiguchi Sadayoshi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1914-02-01 （Kumagaya, Saitama, Japan）
- Died
- 2005-05-11 age 89
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet, bureaucrat, businessman
- Active Years
- 1934-2005
- Memberships
- Japan Poets Club
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daiichi High School (First Higher School) | — | — | — | 入学 1934 | Japan |
| Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University (University of Tokyo) | Faculty of Law | Department of Political Science | 法学士 | 〜1941 | Japan |
Daiichi High School (First Higher School)
Period:
入学 1934
Country:
Japan
Entered after passing the qualification exam (senken)
Faculty of Law, Tokyo Imperial University (University of Tokyo)
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Political Science
Degree:
法学士
Period:
〜1941
Year of Graduation:
1941
Country:
Japan
Graduated after passing the higher civil service exam
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Japan Poets Club Prize | Dandō | — | Japan Poets Club | winner |
| 1984 | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon | — | — | Government of Japan | decorated |
| 2005 | Junior Fourth Rank (posthumous) | — | — | Government of Japan (public record) | conferred |
Japan Poets Club Prize
1978
Work:
Dandō
Organization:
Japan Poets Club
Result:
winner
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
1984
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
decorated
Junior Fourth Rank (posthumous)
2005
Organization:
Government of Japan (public record)
Result:
conferred
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nuclear Power Industry
1970 Non-fiction / IndustryPittari Konai (Poetry Collection)
1974 PoetryDandō (Poetry Collection)
1977 PoetryShips and Onions (Poetry Collection)
1979 PoetryGods of Disappointment (Collected Poems)
1982 PoetryLike Mt. Fuji
1982 Essays / PoetryNightmare (Poetry Collection)
1984 PoetryEarth (Poetry Collection)
1987 PoetryFour Seasons (Collected Poems)
1990 PoetryRain (Poetry Collection)
1996 PoetryFin de Siècle (Poetry Collection)
1999 PoetryBibliography
- Nuclear Power Industry (Diamond-sha) 1970
- Pittari Konai (Poetry) (Fu-sha) 1974
- Dandō (Poetry) (Shichōsha) 1977
- Ships and Onions (Poetry) (Shichōsha) 1979
- Gods of Disappointment (Collected Poems) (Shichōsha) 1982
- Like Mt. Fuji (Nihon Keizai Shimbunsha) 1982
- Nightmare (Poetry) (Shichōsha) 1984
- Earth (Poetry) (Shichōsha) 1987
- Four Seasons (Collected Poems) (Subaru Shobo) 1990
- Rain (Poetry) (Kashinsha) 1996
- Fin de Siècle (Poetry) (Miohashira) 1999
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical poetry with social perspectiveclear and weighty diction
- Recurring Motifs
- natureearthseasons
Legacy
A poet who, while having a career as a bureaucrat and businessman, continued to produce distinctive postwar Japanese poetry. He contributed to the poetry community as chairman of the Japan Poets Club and played a role in modern Japanese poetic circles.
Academic Societies
- Japan Poets Club
Archives
- National Diet Library (holds works/records)
Trivia
- Won the Japan Poets Club Prize in 1978 for the poetry collection "Dandō."
- Decorated with the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon in 1984.
- Served as chairman of the Japan Poets Club from 1989 to 1991.