New Haiku Poets Federation Prize - Haiku Works Division
1 appearances
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Edition 6 (1978) award
Itagaki Yoshiki
いたがき よしき
Itagaki Yoshiki
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1933-08-20 （Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 1993-06-26 age 59
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Isesaki, Gunma Prefecture → National Sanatorium Ohninata-so (now National Hospital Organization Nishi-Gunma Hospital) → Sanya, Tokyo
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, magazine editor, printer
- Active Years
- 1954-1993
- Affiliations
- New Haiku People Federation, Modern Haiku Association, Editor-in-chief, Monthly Haiku-jin (1973-1975)
- Memberships
- New Haiku People Federation, Modern Haiku Association
- Influenced By
- Furusawa Taiho
- Influenced
- Influence on haiku circles and laborers in Sanya
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | New Haiku People Federation Prize | Harakara no Hana | — | New Haiku People Federation | winner |
| 1979 | New Haiku People Federation Prize (Criticism Award - Honorable Mention) | Prolegomenon to People's Poetry | 評論 | New Haiku People Federation | honorable mention |
| 1981 | New Haiku People Federation Prize (Criticism Award - Honorable Mention) | Critique of Akagi Sakae's Issekiro | 評論 | New Haiku People Federation | honorable mention |
New Haiku People Federation Prize
1978
Work:
Harakara no Hana
Organization:
New Haiku People Federation
Result:
winner
New Haiku People Federation Prize (Criticism Award - Honorable Mention)
1979
Work:
Prolegomenon to People's Poetry
Category:
評論
Organization:
New Haiku People Federation
Result:
honorable mention
New Haiku People Federation Prize (Criticism Award - Honorable Mention)
1981
Work:
Critique of Akagi Sakae's Issekiro
Category:
評論
Organization:
New Haiku People Federation
Result:
honorable mention
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Songs of the Alley
1964 haiku collectionAn early haiku collection containing poems that reflect his sanatorium experience and fragments of everyday life.
life in sanatoriumeveryday lifelabor
Harakara no Hana
1979 haiku collectionA collection that emphasizes sympathy toward workers and the people; winner of the 6th New Haiku People Federation Prize.
people's poetrylaborsolidarity
Bibliography
- Roji no Uta (New Haiku People Federation, 1964)
- Harakara no Hana (New Haiku People Federation, 1979)
- Haiku-jin (Editor-in-chief, 1973-1975)
- Honma Takashi, 'Sanya Onboro no To' (editor, private edition, 1981)
- Kuruma-za: Sanya Haiku-kai 10th Anniversary Anthology (editor, 1987)
- Watanabe Chiaki, 'Sanya Genko' (editor, Hyoronsha, 1990)
- Iwasaki Bogou & Mori Hiroshi, 'Sanya Two-person Collection' (editor, 1990)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- realist haiku rooted in everyday realitya perspective sympathetic to the people
- Recurring Motifs
- Sanyasanatoriumlaborstreets and alleys
Health
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tuberculosis10代（若年期）Periods of absence from school due to illness; life in the sanatorium influenced his later work.
-
esophageal cancer晩年〜1993年Died of esophageal cancer in 1993.
Legacy
Drawing on his sanatorium experience and engagement with workers in Sanya, he produced haiku from a people's-poetry perspective. As an editor he supported local haiku circles and the working-class community.
Academic Societies
- Modern Haiku Association
- New Haiku People Federation
Trivia
- He suffered from tuberculosis in his teens and spent time in a national sanatorium.
- Served as editor-in-chief of the monthly 'Haiku-jin' from 1973 to 1975.
- Won the 6th New Haiku People Federation Prize in 1978 for 'Harakara no Hana'.
- Worked to support laborers and taught haiku in the Sanya district.