Japan Poetry Tanka Haiku Association Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2017) association award
Yoshihiro Ito
いとう よしひろ
Ito Yoshihiro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1959-06-21 （Tajimi, Gifu Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet, secondary school teacher, editor
- Active Years
- 1982-
- Affiliations
- Japan Modern Poets Association
- Memberships
- Japan Modern Poets Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi Prefectural University | — | Department of Japanese Literature | — | — | Japan |
Aichi Prefectural University
Department of Japanese Literature
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Fukuda Masao Prize (6th) | How Far Must One Go Before a Lie Is a Lie? | — | Fukuda Masao Prize Committee (Yokohama) | winner |
| 2017 | Poetry, Tanka, Haiku and Essay Association Award (13th) | ashita mo (poem) | — | Japan Poetry, Tanka & Haiku Association | winner |
| 2021 | Chunichi Poetry Prize (61st) | Inochi / Kobato | — | Chunichi Shimbun | winner |
Fukuda Masao Prize (6th)
1991
Work:
How Far Must One Go Before a Lie Is a Lie?
Organization:
Fukuda Masao Prize Committee (Yokohama)
Result:
winner
Poetry, Tanka, Haiku and Essay Association Award (13th)
2017
Work:
ashita mo (poem)
Organization:
Japan Poetry, Tanka & Haiku Association
Result:
winner
Chunichi Poetry Prize (61st)
2021
Work:
Inochi / Kobato
Organization:
Chunichi Shimbun
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Chunichi Poetry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 69 (2021) poetry prize
Works
Major Works
Do Not Succumb (Yume)
1985 poetry collectionEarly collection of poems exploring self and defiance.
selfdefiance
How Far Must One Go Before a Lie Is a Lie?
1991 poetry collectionA collection focusing on language and everyday intersections. Winner of the Fukuda Masao Prize.
languageeveryday life
Cave Exploration Team
2003 poetry collectionA poetic journey and introspection framed by the metaphor of caves.
journeyintrospection
Inochi / Kobato
2020 poetry collectionA recent representative work centered on life and family. Winner of the 61st Chunichi Poetry Prize.
lifefamily
Bibliography
- 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)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- predominantly free verse with plain dictionlyrical and introspective
- Recurring Motifs
- familylifelanguage and liestravel and memorysocial observation
Legacy
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.
Academic Societies
- Japan Modern Poets Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (materials related to Yoshihiro Ito)
- VIAF: 218557547 (identifier)
Trivia
- 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.