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Jun Nakamura

なかむら じゅん

Nakamura Jun

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1970-01-01 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Tokyo, Japan → Kyoto, Japan

Career

Occupations
poet, writer, editor, educator, visiting researcher, career consultant
Active Years
1995-
Affiliations
Japanese Modern Poets Association, Japan Poets Club, Yokohama Poets Association, Inochi no Kago (poetry group)

Education

Keio University
Faculty of Letters
Period: 1989-1993
Year of Graduation: 1993
Country: Japan

Awards

Poetry and Thought Newcomer Award
2005
Organization: Doyobi Bijutsusha Publishing
Result: Winner
Yokohama Poets Association Prize
2005
Work: Kusa no Ie
Organization: Yokohama Poets Association
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kusa no Ie

2005 Poetry collection

First poetry collection exploring everyday life, memory, family and life.

familymemorylife

Family of the Sea

2008 Poetry collection

A collection centered on poems using the sea and family as motifs.

seafamilynature

Hadakanbo

2013 Poetry collection

A poetry collection themed around corporeality and simplicity.

bodysimplicityidentity

Dear Women

2017 Poetry collection

Collection of poems with strong messages addressed to women.

womensolidaritysociety

The Source of Life: For Those Who Continue to Love

2013 Essay

A lyrical essay collection touching on life, love, the earthquake disaster and memory.

lifedisaster (3/11)memory

Constitution and Kyoto (editor/author)

2016 Edited volume

Edited volume compiling essays on the constitution centered on Kyoto.

constitutionlocalitypublic affairs

Bibliography

  • Kusa no Ie (2005, Doyobi Bijutsusha Publishing)
  • Family of the Sea (2008, Doyobi Bijutsusha Publishing)
  • Hadakanbo (2013, Coal-sack)
  • Dear Women (2017, Doyobi Bijutsusha Publishing)
  • The Source of Life: For Those Who Continue to Love (2013, Coal-sack)
  • Constitution and Kyoto (ed., 2016, Kamogawa Publishing)
  • War × Literature: 9/11 - Transforming War (co-authored/edited, 2011, Shueisha)
  • Lives at Risk: 311-Poet Anthology (co-authored, 2012, Coal-sack)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
concise lyrical styleaddressing tone that weaves everyday observation
Recurring Motifs
the seafamilylifewomen

Legacy

Recognized as a contemporary Japanese poet dealing with family, life and disaster (3/11). Contributed to the promotion of poetry through local activities, editing and lectures.

Academic Societies

  • Japanese Modern Poets Association
  • Japan Poets Club

Trivia

  • Graduate of Keio University Faculty of Letters
  • Winner of the Poetry and Thought Newcomer Award (2005)
  • Holds a career consultant qualification
  • Resident of Kyoto since 2012