Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2004) haiku award
Huang Lingzhi
こう れいし
Kou Reishi
Aliases:
国江春菁
Pen Names:
Kunie Shunsei（Used as a Japanese-era name for publications during the period of Japanese rule）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1928-06-20 （Tainan City, Taiwan (former Higashimon-chō / East Gate area)）
- Died
- 2016-03-12 （Taipei City, Taiwan） age 87
- Nationality
- Taiwan
- Languages
- Japanese, Taiwanese, Chinese, French
- Residence History
- Tainan City → Taipei City
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Haiku poet, Tanka poet, Poet, Children's story writer, Sculptor
- Active Years
- 1946-2016
- Affiliations
- Taipei Haiku Society (founder & organizer), Taiwan Kadan (member)
- Memberships
- Taipei Haiku Society, Taiwan Kadan
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Taiwan University | Faculty of Foreign Languages / Department of Foreign Languages | Department of Foreign Languages | — | 1946-1947 | Taiwan |
National Taiwan University
Faculty of Foreign Languages / Department of Foreign Languages
/ Department of Foreign Languages
Period:
1946-1947
Year of Graduation:
1947
Country:
Taiwan
Left due to tuberculosis treatment
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Wu Cho-liu Literary Prize (1st) | Crab (Chinese version) | — | Wu Cho-liu Literary Prize Committee (Taiwan) | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Prize (3rd) | Taiwan Haiku Saijiki | — | Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Prize Committee (Japan) | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays | — | — | Government of Japan | 受章 |
| 2006 | Taiwan Writers Oxford Prize (hosted by Aletheia University) | — | — | Aletheia University (Taiwan) | 受賞 |
Wu Cho-liu Literary Prize (1st)
1970
Work:
Crab (Chinese version)
Organization:
Wu Cho-liu Literary Prize Committee (Taiwan)
Result:
受賞
Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Prize (3rd)
2004
Work:
Taiwan Haiku Saijiki
Organization:
Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Prize Committee (Japan)
Result:
受賞
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays
2006
Organization:
Government of Japan
Result:
受章
Taiwan Writers Oxford Prize (hosted by Aletheia University)
2006
Organization:
Aletheia University (Taiwan)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Crab
1969 Short storyA short story originally written in Japanese and later translated by the author into Chinese for publication in Taiwanese literary magazines. It sensitively depicts postwar Taiwanese society and interpersonal relations.
postwar societyidentityfamily
Translations
- Chinese translation: Crab
Taiwan Haiku Saijiki
2003 Haiku / Saijiki 200 pagesA saijiki compiling seasonal words and example haiku based on Taiwanese seasonal sensibilities. The work connects Japanese haiku culture with Taiwan's natural environment.
seasonalityregional culturenature depiction
The Seal of the Song King
2002 Novel / Short story collection 250 pagesA selected collection published in Japan, containing stories set in postwar Taiwan.
historymigrationmemory
Bibliography
- Collected Works of Huang Lingzhi (privately published, 1971-2008, 21 volumes)
- Selected Novels of Huang Lingzhi (private edition, 1986)
- The Seal of the Song King (as Kunie Shunsei, 2002)
- Taiwan Haiku Saijiki (Gensosya, 2003)
- Selected Novels: Postwar Taiwanese Japanese Literature (Keisui-sha, 2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise, lyrical Japanese proseProse with haiku-like condensation
- Recurring Motifs
- home and memoryseasons and naturepostwar turmoil and the individual
Health
-
tuberculosis1946-1947Left university for hospitalization and treatment; this period became a turning point leading to literary activity
Legacy
One of Taiwan's notable writers who continued to create in Japanese. Regarded as a rare inheritor of postwar Taiwanese literature in Japanese, she conveyed Taiwan's seasonality and society in Japanese through haiku and short fiction.
Academic Societies
- Taipei Haiku Society
- Taiwan Kadan
Archives
- National Diet Library (holdings)
- National Taiwan University Library (holdings)
Trivia
- Birth name was Huang Tianji (黄天驥).
- A rare Taiwanese writer who continued producing works in Japanese after WWII.
- Founded the Taipei Haiku Society in 1970 and served as its long-time organizer.
- Also published under the Japanese-era name Kunie Shunsei.