Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1967) award
Hiroshi Iwata
いわた ひろし
Iwata Hiroshi
Pen Names:
Toyoki Ogasawara（Used his real name (Toyoki Ogasawara) primarily for translation and scholarly work）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1932-03-03 （Higashi-Kutchan Village, Abuta District, Hokkaido (now Kyōgoku)）
- Died
- 2014-12-02 age 82
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, Russian, English, French
Career
- Occupations
- poet, novelist, translator, scriptwriter
- Active Years
- 1955-2014
- Influenced By
- Vladimir Mayakovsky, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, John Fowles, Mary McCarthy
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo University of Foreign Studies | — | Russian Department | — | 中退 | Japan |
Tokyo University of Foreign Studies
Russian Department
Period:
中退
Country:
Japan
Dropped out before completing degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Italy Prize | — | — | — | winner |
| 1966 | Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize | Collected Poems of Hiroshi Iwata | — | Fujimura Memorial Society | winner |
| 2006 | Japan–France Translation Literature Prize (1st) | Translation of works by Henri Troyat | — | — | winner |
| 2014 | Yomiuri Literary Prize (Criticism/Biography) | The Mayakovsky Case | 評論・伝記賞 | Yomiuri Shimbun | winner |
Italy Prize
1958
Result:
winner
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize
1966
Work:
Collected Poems of Hiroshi Iwata
Organization:
Fujimura Memorial Society
Result:
winner
Japan–France Translation Literature Prize (1st)
2006
Work:
Translation of works by Henri Troyat
Result:
winner
Yomiuri Literary Prize (Criticism/Biography)
2014
Work:
The Mayakovsky Case
Category:
評論・伝記賞
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dictatorship
1956 poetryFirst poetry collection featuring experimental poems that make heavy use of wordplay.
wordplaypoliticsindividual and society
Collected Poems of Hiroshi Iwata
1966 poetryA compilation of previously published poems and previously uncollected pieces.
wordplayurban landscapeshistory and politics
The Front Line
1972 poetry and short fictionCollection including poems as well as short stories and flash fiction.
metaphors of the front linepersonal conflict
The Absence of the President
1975 short story collection (fiction)A collection of short stories; marks a shift toward writing more fiction.
corporate life and human relationsabsence and loss
The Mayakovsky Case
2013 criticism/biographyA study and biographical account concerning Vladimir Mayakovsky, published under his real name Toyoki Ogasawara.
Russian literaturebiographical research
Bibliography
- Dictatorship (1956)
- Poems: "Unpleasant Songs" (1959)
- Poems: "War of the Brains" (1962)
- Collected Poems of Hiroshi Iwata (1966)
- The Front Line (1972)
- The Absence of the President (1975)
- The Mayakovsky Case (2013)
Translations by Author
- The Collector (John Fowles, 1966)
- One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich (Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1963)
- The Martian Chronicles (Ray Bradbury, 1963)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental poetry employing extensive wordplayfaithful renderings that preserve original idiom in translations
- Recurring Motifs
- wordplayurban landscapespolitical metaphor
Health
-
pneumonia2014Died of pneumonia in 2014; some translation projects remained unfinished
Legacy
Active as a poet, novelist and translator, he was particularly acclaimed for translations of Russian literature. His experimental use of wordplay in poetry and his translations and scholarship (notably on Mayakovsky) contributed to the reception of Russian writers in Japan.
Archives
- National Diet Library
Trivia
- His real name was Toyoki Ogasawara, and he often used it for his translation work.
- Reportedly father of writer/translator Meguro Jō.
- Worked creatively under the pen name Hiroshi Iwata for his poetry.
- Fluent in Russian, English and French; translated many important works into Japanese.