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Ikura Kohei

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Ikura Kohei

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性別
男性
生誕
1940-04-08 （Taishi, Minamikawachi District, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Taishi, Osaka Prefecture (birthplace) → Kobe (studied at Kobe University) → Osaka (Osaka City University graduate school; worked) → Kinki University (faculty)

経歴

職業
poet, Japanese literature scholar, university professor
活動期間
1965年〜
所属
Kinki University (Faculty of Letters, professor; professor emeritus), Editor of the poetry journal 'les aliz'es', Member of the Kansai Poets Association, Contemporary Poets Prize selection committee member
所属団体
Kansai Poets Association

学歴

Kobe University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
国: Japan
Osaka City University
Graduate School / Japanese Literature
学位: 修士
国: Japan
Completed master's course

受賞歴

Fukuda Masao Award
1987
対象作品: The Gate of the Sun
主催: Fukuda Masao Award Committee
結果: winner
H-shi Prize
1992
対象作品: Waters of the Earth
主催: H-shi Prize Committee
結果: winner
Contemporary Poets Prize
2000
対象作品: Pushpa Brishti
主催: Contemporary Poets Prize Committee
結果: winner
Maruyama Kaoru Prize
2010
対象作品: Philip Marlowe's Pistol
主催: Maruyama Kaoru Prize Committee
結果: winner
Rekitei Prize
2019
対象作品: Distant Fireflies
主催: Rekitei Prize Committee
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The February Table

1980年 poetry collection

Early collection exploring everyday fragments and interior lyricism.

everyday lifememorylyricism

The Gate of the Sun

1986年 poetry collection

One of his representative collections. Contains symbolic poems set against nature and history.

naturehistorysymbolism

Waters of the Earth

1992年 poetry collection

A collection layering images of water and the earth; poems addressing environment and existence.

waternatureexistence

Pushpa Brishti

2000年 poetry collection

A collection incorporating cross-cultural motifs; themes of language and intersecting memories.

cross-culturalmemorylanguage

Philip Marlowe's Pistol

2009年 poetry collection

An experimental collection mixing autobiographical elements with noir/detective imagery.

autobiographicaldetective imagerythe city

Distant Fireflies

2018年 poetry collection

A recent major work. Poems mourning memory, time, and fading things.

memorytimerequiem

全著作

  • The February Table (Kamome-sha, 1980)
  • The Gate of the Sun (Shigakusha, 1986)
  • Waters of the Earth (Yukawa Shobo, 1992)
  • Sara Requiem: My Heike Tale (Yukawa Shobo, 1992)
  • Pushpa Brishti (Yukawa Shobo, 2000)
  • Bridge over Morning Mist: Heike, Buson, Contemporary Poetry (Noa Publishing, 2000)
  • Night School Students (Noa Publishing, 2003)
  • Heart and Words (Noa Publishing, 2003)
  • Philip Marlowe's Pistol (Chikuma Shobo/Oki Shakusya?, 2009)
  • When I Arrived at the Station There Was a Saala Tree (Noa Publishing, 2017)
  • Capricious Pen: 'Alizé' Ship Letters (Noa Publishing, 2018)
  • Distant Fireflies (Noa Publishing, 2018)

作風・主題

文体
lyricalsymbolist expressionlayering of fragmented images
頻出モチーフ
watershoresmemoryhistorythe Heike (Tale of the Heike)

評価・遺産

Ikura Kohei is a poet and scholar of Japanese literature based in Kansai who has influenced contemporary poetry. Through university teaching and journal editing he has contributed to nurturing younger poets.

関連学会

  • Kansai Poets Association

豆知識

  • He serves as editor of the poetry journal 'les aliz'es'.
  • He is professor emeritus at Kinki University.