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Kazuyuki Hosomi

ほそみ かずゆき

Hosomi Kazuyuki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1962-02-27 （Tamba Sasayama, Hyogo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Tamba Sasayama, Hyogo, Japan → Osaka, Japan → Kyoto, Japan

Career

Occupations
Poet, University Professor, Translator, Lyricist, Singer
Active Years
1989-
Affiliations
Osaka Prefectural University (former faculty), Osaka Literature School (Principal), Kyoto University Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies (Professor)
Influenced By
Theodor W. Adorno, Walter Benjamin, Jürgen Habermas

Education

Osaka University
Faculty of Letters
Country: Japan
Completed undergraduate studies. Left doctoral program before completion, later awarded PhD (Human Sciences) from Osaka University in 2007.
Osaka University, Graduate School of Human Sciences
Graduate School / Human Sciences
Degree: 博士（人間科学）
Year of Graduation: 2007
Country: Japan
PhD (Human Sciences) awarded for research including 'Adorno's Place'.

Awards

Japan Association for German Studies Award (JGG Award)
2009
Work: Postwar Thought: From Kant to Habermas
Organization: Japan Association for German Studies
Result: 受賞
Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize
2012
Work: Afternoon of the Family
Organization: Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Japan Poets Club Shikai Prize
2019
Work: The Poets of "Tobottle Correspondence"
Organization: Japan Poets Club
Result: 受賞
Rekitei (Fujimura Memorial Rekitei) Prize
2020
Work: Until the Heat Dies Down
Organization: Rekitei Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Lessing Translation Prize
2011
Work: Translations (e.g. 'The Actuality of Philosophy')
Organization: Lessing Translation Prize Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Sinking Pool

1989 Poetry collection

Early poetry collection exploring personal memory and urban fragments through poetic imagery.

memorycitysolitude

Adorno's Place

2004 Criticism / Scholarly study

A study on Theodor Adorno situating his thought within the context of postwar philosophy.

Frankfurt SchoolCritical theorypostwar thought

Afternoon of the Family

2010 Poetry collection

A poetry collection depicting family and quotidian scenes with delicate observation. Recipient of the Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize.

familymemoryeveryday life

The Poets of "Tobottle Correspondence"

2018 Criticism / Poetic studies

A collection of essays discussing poets around the theme of the crisis of poetry and the Holocaust.

poeticsHolocaustmemory

Until the Heat Dies Down

2020 Poetry collection

A recent poetry collection that includes political and social perspectives. Recipient of the Rekitei Prize.

politicssocietymemory

Bibliography

  • Sinking Pool (poetry collection)
  • Bayer's Natural History
  • Adorno: The Philosophy of Non-Identity
  • Identity / Otherness
  • The Shore of Words
  • Adorno's Place
  • Words and Memory
  • Social Studies with Pop Music
  • Hochkiss
  • Reading Benjamin: On Language in General and the Human Language
  • Postwar Thought: From Kant to Habermas
  • Nagayama Norio: The Mission of a Creator
  • Afternoon of the Family (poetry collection)
  • The Poet Living Diaspora: Kim Si-jong
  • Dark Bath
  • The Frankfurt School: From Horkheimer and Adorno to 21st-century Critical Theory
  • Ishihara Yoshiro: Life and Poetry of a Siberian Internee Poet
  • The Poets of "Tobottle Correspondence": From the Crisis of Poetry to the Holocaust
  • Until the Heat Dies Down
  • The Day the Banner Disappears from Kyoto University (lyrics collection)

Translations by Author

  • America - Works from the Great Depression (trans.)
  • The Return of the Voice: The Film 'Shoah' and the Era of Testimony (trans.)
  • The Meta-Critique of Epistemology (trans.)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Modernist poetic stylePhilosophical and critical proseBlend of lyricism and thought
Recurring Motifs
memoryfamilyhistorymusic

Legacy

Kazuyuki Hosomi is a multifaceted figure combining work as a poet, scholar, and translator, spanning research on postwar thought and poetic creation. He is active in university teaching, local creative activities, songwriting and performances.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Association for German Studies
  • Japan Poets Club

Archives

  • Holdings in the National Diet Library (Japan)

In Popular Culture

  • Influence on local culture through band activities and solo performances based in Tamba Sasayama

Trivia

  • Known not only for poetry but also for translations and philosophical research.
  • Since 2013 he has set his poems to music and performed with a band and as a solo act.
  • Serves as a professor at Kyoto University Graduate School.