Takami Jun Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1975) award
Koichi Iijima
いいじま こういち
Iijima Kōichi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1930-02-25 （Okayama, Japan）
- Died
- 2013-10-14 age 83
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Okayama, Japan → Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, translator, university professor
- Active Years
- 1950-2013
- Affiliations
- Kokugakuin University (lecturer/professor), Meiji University (Professor of French), Japan Art Academy (Member)
- Memberships
- Japan Art Academy
- Influenced By
- Guillaume Apollinaire, Arthur Rimbaud, Surrealist poets, Tristan Tzara
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of French Literature | — | 1949-1952 | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of French Literature
Period:
1949-1952
Year of Graduation:
1952
Country:
Japan
Co-founded the poetry magazine 'Cahiers' while a student; attended seminars on French poetry
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Takami Jun Prize | Goya's First Name Is | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1978 | Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize | Collected Poems of Koichi Iijima | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Modern Poet Award | Monologue of the Little Sun Dreaming of Night | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Bunkamura D'humagau Literary Prize | Assassination: One Hundred Beauties | — | Bunkamura D'humagau Literary Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Yomiuri Literary Prize | America | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Poetry & Song Literature Museum Prize | America | — | — | 受賞 |
Takami Jun Prize
1974
Work:
Goya's First Name Is
Result:
受賞
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize
1978
Work:
Collected Poems of Koichi Iijima
Result:
受賞
Modern Poet Award
1983
Work:
Monologue of the Little Sun Dreaming of Night
Result:
受賞
Bunkamura D'humagau Literary Prize
1996
Work:
Assassination: One Hundred Beauties
Organization:
Bunkamura D'humagau Literary Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Yomiuri Literary Prize
2005
Work:
America
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Poetry & Song Literature Museum Prize
2005
Work:
America
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Rekitei Prize (formerly Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize)
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1978) award
Contemporary Poet Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 1 (1983) award
Bunkamura Deux Magots Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 6 (1996) award
Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 56 (2004) award
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 20 (2005) award
Works
Major Works
Someone Else's Sky
1953 poetryIijima's first collection of poems, showing early surrealist tendencies.
dreamsothernesstransformation of images
Goya's First Name Is
1974 poetry / essay with critical elementsA work that poetically discusses art and history; awarded the Takami Jun Prize.
arthistorymemory
Assassination: One Hundred Beauties
1996 novelA novel blending historical and fantastic motifs; winner of the Bunkamura D'humagau Literary Prize.
darkness and violencebeauty and madnesshistorical imagery
America
2004 poetryA late poetry collection exploring cities, others, and geographic sense; awarded the Yomiuri Literary Prize.
the citythe othermovement
Bibliography
- Someone Else's Sky (1953)
- Collected Poems of Koichi Iijima (1960)
- Goya's First Name Is (1974)
- Assassination: One Hundred Beauties (1996)
- America (2004)
Translations by Author
- Poems of Apollinaire (translator)
- Anthology of Surrealist Poetry (translator/editor)
- Hell by Henri Barbusse (translator)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- surrealist imageryanti-formal versemixing poetry with criticism and essay
- Recurring Motifs
- dreamsislandsurban landscapesimagery of art/painting
Health
-
malabsorption syndrome2013Contracted in his later years and was the cause of death in 2013.
Legacy
One of the major postwar Japanese poets; expanded the scope of poetry through surrealist research, translations, and interest in haikai and early-modern literature. Influential as a teacher and translator.
Academic Societies
- Japan Art Academy
Archives
- Works and materials held at the National Diet Library
Trivia
- His eldest son is architecture critic Yoichi Iijima.
- The first poetry book he bought was a translation of Les Fleurs du mal.