Hagiwara Sakutaro Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2005) nominee
Mizuo Inagaki
いながき みずお
Inagaki Mizuo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-02-03 （Toyohashi, Aichi, Japan）
- Died
- 2013-02-23 age 81
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, English, French
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Poet, High school teacher
- Active Years
- 1962-2013
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature | Department of French Literature | 学士 | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature
/ Department of French Literature
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Sakka Prize | Kumoru Toki | — | — | 受賞 |
Sakka Prize
1984
Work:
Kumoru Toki
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nokori Ayu
1973 Short story collectionAn early short story collection containing personal, everyday-themed short pieces.
everyday lifememory
Pictures of Sound
1994 PoetryA collection centered on poetry, frequently describing sounds and sensory impressions.
soundsensory experience
Testimony of Stones: US POW Massacre
1995 Non-fictionA non-fiction work dealing with records and testimonies concerning a massacre of prisoners of war by US forces.
wartestimonydocumentation
Listen to the Sea Turtle
1997 NovelA novel delicately depicting the relationship between nature and humans.
naturehuman relationships
Pebbles of God
2000 NovelA work interweaving religious and philosophical themes.
religionphilosophy
Ginshari Sho
2013 EssaysAn essay collection concerning food and everyday life.
fooddaily life
Bibliography
- Nokori Ayu
- Pictures of Sound
- Testimony of Stones: US POW Massacre
- Listen to the Sea Turtle
- Pebbles of God
- Moon and Mayfly
- Fish of Earth, Fish of Stars
- O Faint Things
- Memories of Sand
- Master of Wind
- Days of Semi-nudity
- Ginshari Sho
- Shukoin
- The River with Ayu
- Tachibana: Short Stories
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricallyric descriptive stylemodern poetic expression
- Recurring Motifs
- naturememorywar and testimonydetails of everyday life
Legacy
Mizuo Inagaki worked across poetry, prose and non-fiction, focusing on nature, memory and records of war; he was also active as an educator. Many works are rooted in his regional background.
Trivia
- He taught English and French at Tokyo Metropolitan Tachikawa High School.
- Married colleague Narashiinko (楢信子) and participated in the literary magazine 'Don' and later published the biannual 'Soshu'.
- Won the Sakka Prize in 1984 for 'Kumoru Toki'.