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Yoshihiro Ito

いとう よしひろ

Ito Yoshihiro

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1959-06-21 （Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
poet, secondary school teacher, editor
活動期間
1982年〜
所属
Japan Modern Poets Association
所属団体
Japan Modern Poets Association

学歴

Aichi Prefectural University
Department of Japanese Literature
国: Japan

受賞歴

Fukuda Masao Prize (6th)
1991
対象作品: How Far Must One Go Before a Lie Is a Lie?
主催: Fukuda Masao Prize Committee (Yokohama)
結果: winner
Poetry, Tanka, Haiku and Essay Association Award (13th)
2017
対象作品: ashita mo (poem)
主催: Japan Poetry, Tanka & Haiku Association
結果: winner
Chunichi Poetry Prize (61st)
2021
対象作品: Inochi / Kobato
主催: Chunichi Shimbun
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Do Not Succumb (Yume)

1985年 poetry collection

Early collection of poems exploring self and defiance.

selfdefiance

How Far Must One Go Before a Lie Is a Lie?

1991年 poetry collection

A collection focusing on language and everyday intersections. Winner of the Fukuda Masao Prize.

languageeveryday life

Cave Exploration Team

2003年 poetry collection

A poetic journey and introspection framed by the metaphor of caves.

journeyintrospection

Inochi / Kobato

2020年 poetry collection

A recent representative work centered on life and family. Winner of the 61st Chunichi Poetry Prize.

lifefamily

全著作

  • Do Not Succumb (Yume) (1985)
  • How Far Must One Go Before a Lie Is a Lie? (1991)
  • To the Girl Who May Have Been Someone Else's Lover (1994)
  • The Centipede Possibly Bound by a Red Thread / Inevitably It Comes (1995)
  • Modern Japanese Poetry Series 104: Katsuyuki Ito (ed.) (2000)
  • 1925-01-28 (ed.) (2001)
  • Cave Exploration Team (2003)
  • Letters from Father (ed.) (2005)
  • Family: That Light (2005)
  • No One Comes (2009)
  • Inochi / Kobato (2020)
  • Weaving a Basket of Life (essays, 2020)
  • Modern Poet Library 18: Selected Poems of Yoshihiro Ito (2021)
  • Now, Teaching Poetry (essays, 2021)
  • This Is How I've Read Poetry (essays, 2021)
  • Walking with Poetry (essays, 2021)
  • Afterword to Living (essays, 2022)
  • Things I Thought 1993–2022 (essays, 2022)
  • Palestine Report (essays, 2022)

作風・主題

文体
predominantly free verse with plain dictionlyrical and introspective
頻出モチーフ
familylifelanguage and liestravel and memorysocial observation

評価・遺産

Combining a career in education with poetic activity, he contributed to the intergenerational transmission of poetry by editing the works of his father, Katsuyuki Ito. A recipient of regional and national poetry awards, he is recognized in contemporary Japanese poetry for both practical contributions and literary work.

関連学会

  • Japan Modern Poets Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (materials related to Yoshihiro Ito)
  • VIAF: 218557547 (identifier)

豆知識

  • Worked as a high school teacher in Gifu Prefecture from 1982.
  • Edited and published poetry and prose by his father, Katsuyuki Ito.
  • Entered Palestinian territories (West Bank) in 2003 and 2004 and participated in support activities.
  • Retired in March 2020 as principal of Gifu Prefectural Tono Special Support School.