Ono Tozaburo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (2019) award
Aoi Inukai
いぬかい あおい
Inukai Aoi
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1978-01-01 （Kyoto Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Affiliations
- Kansai Poets Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka University of Arts | — | Department of Literary Studies | — | — | Japan |
Osaka University of Arts
Department of Literary Studies
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3rd "Shigaku" Best Poet Award | — | — | Shigaku (poetry publication / organization) | 受賞 |
| 2019 | 21st Ono Jūzaburō Prize (Poetry Collection Category) | — | 詩集部門 | Osaka Literary Association | 受賞 |
3rd "Shigaku" Best Poet Award
2007
Organization:
Shigaku (poetry publication / organization)
Result:
受賞
21st Ono Jūzaburō Prize (Poetry Collection Category)
2019
Category:
詩集部門
Organization:
Osaka Literary Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
stork mark
2018 poetry collectionA collection of early poems that interweave everyday scenes, memories, and animal motifs in short lyrical pieces.
everyday lifememoryanimals
It's Amazing That Even After a Hundred Years We Still Make Each Other Feel Like This
2020 selected poems (poetry collection)A selected poetry collection that went into additional printings. Includes pieces such as "Campanula" and "What's So Sad About That?"
lovelossmemory
Don't Love Out of Habit
2023 poetry collectionA recent collection that delicately depicts the interplay between everyday habits and emotions.
habitemotioneveryday life
Still, After All, the Doron Game
2021 essayAn essay collection compiling personal observations and short reflections.
personal historyobservationhumor
Bibliography
- stork mark (Ranka-sha, 2018)
- It's Amazing That Even After a Hundred Years We Still Make Each Other Feel Like This (Hakkosho Bun, 2020)
- Still, After All, the Doron Game (Africa Kikaku, 2021)
- Don't Love Out of Habit (Shichigatsudo, 2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, rhythmic contemporary free versecolloquial expressions drawn from everyday language
- Recurring Motifs
- fragments of everyday lifememory and lossanimal and living-being symbolism
Legacy
Recognized as a contemporary Japanese poet of the younger-to-mid generation. Her focus on details of everyday life has been well received, with reprints of collections and literary prize wins.
Academic Societies
- Kansai Poets Association
Trivia
- Some sources list her birth year with slight discrepancies (1978 / 1979).
- Official accounts are found on Facebook, X (formerly Twitter), and Instagram.