Nakahara Chuya Award
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (2013) award
Denzō Hosoda
ほそだ でんぞう
Hosoda Denzō
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1943-01-01 （Kita, Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Saitama City, Saitama, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Company executive
- Active Years
- 2009-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka Literature School | — | — | — | 通信講座受講（2011年 - ） | Japan |
Osaka Literature School
Period:
通信講座受講（2011年 - ）
Country:
Japan
Took correspondence courses
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Nakahara Chūya Prize | Lily in the Valley | — | Nakahara Chūya Prize Committee | winner |
| 2015 | Maruyama Kaoru Prize | Puddle | — | Maruyama Kaoru Prize Committee | winner |
Nakahara Chūya Prize
2013
Work:
Lily in the Valley
Organization:
Nakahara Chūya Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Maruyama Kaoru Prize
2015
Work:
Puddle
Organization:
Maruyama Kaoru Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lily in the Valley
2012 Poetry collectionA poetry collection produced after beginning to write in his late 60s. Poems quietly portray later-life perspectives and observations of everyday life.
old agenaturememory
Peter Rabbit
2013 Poetry collectionA collection employing a distinctive sense of language; it weaves familiar images with gentle touch.
animal imageryeveryday life
Puddle
2015 Poetry collectionA sequence of brief images exploring memory and time through water and reflections.
watermemorytime
Swallowed by a Mantis
2017 Poetry collectionPublished by Shichosha; this collection uses figurative images of creatures to delve into the inner self.
creature imageryinterior life
Ajumoni's House
2018 Poetry collectionPublished by Shichosha; poems that weave in foreign names and perspectives on other cultures.
cross-culturalhome
Journey
2019 Poetry collectionPublished by Shoshi Yamada; contains poems themed on travel and journeys.
travelpassage
Bibliography
- Lily in the Valley (Shoshi Yamada, 2012)
- Peter Rabbit (Shoshi Yamada, 2013)
- Puddle (Shoshi Yamada, 2015)
- Swallowed by a Mantis (Shichosha, 2017)
- Ajumoni's House (Shichosha, 2018)
- Journey (Shoshi Yamada, 2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and concise expressionkeen observation of the everyday
- Recurring Motifs
- waterplantspassing time
Legacy
Noted for beginning creative work after retirement and receiving major literary prizes at an advanced age; regarded as an example of a late-career success in contemporary Japanese poetry.
Trivia
- Began writing poetry in his mid-60s.
- At the time of winning the 18th Nakahara Chūya Prize he was the oldest recipient of that award.