H Award
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1980) award
Makoto Isshiki
いっしき まこと
Isshiki Makoto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1946-10-19 （Nagoya, Aichi, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Magazine editor, Literary critic
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- Soshisha (former employee)
- Memberships
- Japan Contemporary Poets Association, Japan Writers' Association
- Influenced By
- Nobuo Ayukawa
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokai High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | Russian literature | — | — | Japan |
Tokai High School
Country:
Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters
/ Russian literature
Country:
Japan
Completed studies in Russian literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | H-shi Prize | Junsui-byo | — | H-shi Prize Committee | winner |
| 2012 | Japan Poets Club Prize | Es | — | Japan Poets Club | winner |
| 2017 | Yutaka Akiya Prize | — | — | Yutaka Akiya Prize Committee | winner |
H-shi Prize
1980
Work:
Junsui-byo
Organization:
H-shi Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Japan Poets Club Prize
2012
Work:
Es
Organization:
Japan Poets Club
Result:
winner
Yutaka Akiya Prize
2017
Organization:
Yutaka Akiya Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 45 (2012) award
Works
Major Works
Junsui-byo
1980 Poetry (prose poetry)A collection of prose poems employing allegory and dream imagery. Published around the year it won the H-shi Prize.
dreamsallegorythe unconscious
Es
2012 Poetry collectionA poetry collection focused on dreams and inner worlds; winner of the Japan Poets Club Prize.
dreamsegointeriority
Yume Sen-ichiya
2011 Poetry (e-book)An e-book collection of poems themed around dreams.
dreamsfragmentsrecollection
Eva
2014 Poetry collectionA recent collection including poems dealing with dreams and symbols.
symbolsdreamsthe body
Genryoku
2020 Poetry collectionA recent work from the Monochrome Project exploring the border between dreams and phantoms.
dreamsphantasmboundaries
Bibliography
- The War Without Victories and the Daffodil-colored Pillbox
- Poor Lineage
- Junsui-byo
- Ashes of Dreams
- Midnight Sun
- DOUBLES
- Archetype
- Shall We Throw the Canary That Forgot to Sing into the Mountain Behind?
- Dream Liberation Zone
- Fake Dream Diary
- Yume Sen-ichiya
- Es
- Makoto Isshiki Poetry Collection (New Modern Japanese Poetry Library)
- Eva
- Genryoku
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Prose-poetic style heavy on allegorySymbolic expressions focusing on dreams and the unconscious
- Recurring Motifs
- dreamsthe unconsciouslonelinessboundaries
Legacy
A contemporary Japanese poet known for prose-poetic works using allegory and dream imagery. His editorial work and the online shared dream diary project have contributed to the vitality of contemporary poetry.
Academic Societies
- Japan Contemporary Poets Association
- Japan Writers' Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (collection record)
- VIAF / authority data based on VIAF identifier
Trivia
- From 1994 for 12 years he hosted an online shared dream diary called "Dream Liberation Zone."
- Maintains a dream blog titled "Korokoro Yume Nikki."
- Former employee of Soshisha and served as editor for works such as "The Piano Book."