Chunichi Poetry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1952) poets prize
Kaichi Nakano
なかの かいち
Nakano Kaichi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1907-04-21 （Tsumami Village, Takaoka Town, Hekikai District, Aichi Prefecture (now Toyota)）
- Died
- 1998-07-23 age 91
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Toyota, Aichi (formerly Tsumami Village) → Tokyo
Career
- Occupations
- poet, tanka poet, psychiatrist
- Active Years
- 1930-1998
- Influenced By
- Yūgure Maeda
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kariya Middle School (now Aichi Prefectural Kariya High School) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Keio University Faculty of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medicine | 医学士 | — | Japan |
Kariya Middle School (now Aichi Prefectural Kariya High School)
Country:
Japan
Completed secondary education
Keio University Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
/ Department of Medicine
Degree:
医学士
Country:
Japan
Graduation year not specified in sources
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1952 | 1st Chubu Japan Poets Award (Chunichi Poetry Prize) | Spring Medical History | — | — | winner |
| 1976 | 9th Japan Poets Club Prize | Study of the Avant-Garde Poetry Movement | — | — | winner |
1st Chubu Japan Poets Award (Chunichi Poetry Prize)
1952
Work:
Spring Medical History
Result:
winner
9th Japan Poets Club Prize
1976
Work:
Study of the Avant-Garde Poetry Movement
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 9 (1976) award
Works
Major Works
Spring Medical History
1952 poetry collectionA postwar poetry collection addressing themes of war, illness and the psyche. Winner of the 1st Chubu Japan Poets Award.
war experienceillness and the psyche
Mereyon Island Poems
1953 poetry collectionA poetry collection based on his experiences stationed on Mereyon Island in Yap during World War II.
battlefield experiencememory
Study of the Avant-Garde Poetry Movement
1975 critical studyA genealogical study of modernism and the avant-garde poetry movement. Winner of the Japan Poets Club Prize.
modernismpoetry history
Bibliography
- Eleven People, First Tanka Collection, Hakujitsu-sha, 1930
- Notes on Poetry, Tanka and Methodsha, 1933
- Spring Medical History, Poetry, Shika House, 1952
- Mereyon Island Poems, Shinoie, 1953
- Burden of Memory, Poetry, Shominsya, 1956
- Order, Tanka Collection, Shintanka-sha, 1961
- History of New Tanka, Shominsya, 1967
- Study of the Avant-Garde Poetry Movement, Ohara Shinseisha, 1975
- Records as Dazai Osamu's Attending Physician, Hobunkan Publishing, 1980
- Notes on Pathography: The Mental Landscapes of Artists, Hobunkan Publishing, 1998
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- surrealist tendenciesmodernist influencepractice of new tanka and free-verse forms
- Recurring Motifs
- war experiencemind and illnessmemory and trauma
Legacy
He combined his work as a poet and tanka writer with his expertise as a psychiatrist, leaving works and studies that address wartime experience, illness, and art. He is noted for his records as Dazai Osamu's attending physician and his research on avant-garde poetry movements.
Archives
- National Diet Library
Trivia
- He served as Dazai Osamu's attending physician.
- His service as a military doctor on Mereyon Island in Yap influenced his writings.
- He founded and edited the poetry magazine 'Rekisho'.