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Toru Hoshino

ほしの とおる

Hoshino Tōru

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1925-08-25 (Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan)
死没
2009-01-13 (Japan) 83歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, English

経歴

職業
Poet, English literature scholar, University professor
活動期間
1957年〜2006年
所属
Ibaraki University, Ibaraki Christian University
影響を受けた人物
T. S. Eliot, John Donne

学歴

Ibaraki University
Faculty of Letters, Department of English / English Literature
国: Japan

受賞歴

Japan Poets Club Prize
1980
対象作品: Genzaru
主催: Japan Poets Club
結果: winner
Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon
2005
主催: Government of Japan
結果: recipient

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Genzaru

1979年 Poetry collection

A poetry collection interweaving nature and mythic imagery, showing influences from English literature alongside Japanese themes.

mythnaturememory

PERSONAE

1970年 Poetry collection

A collection using multiple personae; attempts to balance personal experience with universal motifs.

voices of the selfmemorytradition

Festival and Others

2001年 Poetry collection

A mature work exploring festivals and ritual imagery poetically.

ritualmythcommunity

全著作

  • Poetry and Myth: Essays on Poetry (1965)
  • Archetypes of Poetry: Pursuit of Primal Images (1967)
  • The Origin of Poetry (1969)
  • PERSONAE (1970)
  • Flowers and Birds (1974)
  • Collected Essays on Poetry: In Search of Primal Experience (1975)
  • Bashō: Forty-one Pieces (1976)
  • Genzaru (1979)
  • Poetics and Criticism: Focusing on English Literature (1980)
  • Wheels and Axles: On T. S. Eliot (1981)
  • On Categories: Poetry (1982)
  • Poetic Bearings (1984)
  • Falling Hair: Poems (1985)
  • Castle and Others (1987)
  • Notes on Contemporary British Poetry (1995)
  • The World of Toru Hoshino: Mythic Metaphysical Poetry (1996)
  • Searching for the Rough Stone: Poems (1996)
  • The School of Donne and the Modern Age (2000)
  • Festival and Others (2001)
  • Instrument or Else: Poems (2002)
  • What Is Poetry?: A History of Poetics (2003)
  • From Lascaux Village, Southwest France (2005)
  • Collected Poems of Toru Hoshino (2006)

作家による翻訳

  • Selected Essays on T. S. Eliot (co-translated with Hiroshi Nakaoka, 1967)
  • John Donne: Collected Poems (1968)
  • Science and Poetry (I. A. Richards) (1971)
  • The Seven Types of Ambiguity (William Empson, co-translated with Kazuyuki Takeshi, 1972)
  • The Flood Myth (James George Frazer) (1973)
  • Philosophical Sketches (Suzanne K. Langer, co-translated with Toshiaki Tsukamoto) (1974)
  • Ancient Art and Rituals (Jane Ellen Harrison) (1974)
  • Andrew Marvell: Collected Poems (1989)
  • Edith Sitwell: Collected Poems (1993)

作風・主題

文体
mythic and metaphysical poetic styleclear critical prose grounded in English literary studies
頻出モチーフ
mythnaturememoryquotations from classical English poetry

評価・遺産

A poet-scholar who bridged English literary studies and Japanese poetic practice, holding a distinctive place in modern Japanese poetry. He contributed to the dissemination of English literary scholarship through founding a poetry journal and numerous translations and critical works.

関連学会

  • Japan Poets Club

資料所蔵先

  • Held in the collections of the National Diet Library and others

豆知識

  • In 1957 he founded the poetry magazine 'Chalk Age' (白亜紀) and served as editor-publisher.
  • In 1980 he won the Japan Poets Club Prize for 'Genzaru'.
  • In 2005 he was awarded the Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon.