H Award
1回登壇
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第7回（1957年） award
Nao Kanai
かない ちょく
kanai nao
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1926-03-18 （Nishigahara (formerly Takinogawa), Tokyo, Japan）
- 死没
- 1997-06-10 71歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- Poet, Essayist, Lecturer
- 活動期間
- 1943年〜1997年
- 所属
- Bunka Gakuin (lecturer), Aichi University (lecturer)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Shiro Murano, Taro Yamamoto
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Ikuei Jitsugyo School | — | — | — | 〜1943 | Japan |
Tokyo Ikuei Jitsugyo School
期間:
〜1943
卒業年:
1943
国:
Japan
A vocational school abolished after the war. Began writing poetry after graduation.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1957 | H-shi Prize | Kikatsu (Hunger/Thirst) | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1963 | Kotaro Takamura Prize | Song of Innocence | — | — | 受賞 |
H-shi Prize
1957
対象作品:
Kikatsu (Hunger/Thirst)
結果:
受賞
Kotaro Takamura Prize
1963
対象作品:
Song of Innocence
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Collected Poems of Nao Kanai
1953年 Poetry collectionAn early collection of poems that includes lyrical pieces and works addressing postwar loss.
warlosslove
Kikatsu (Hunger/Thirst)
1956年 Poetry collectionPublished in 1956. Contains poems on wartime experiences and personal loss.
warlossloneliness
Song of Innocence
1962年 Poetry collectionPublished in 1962. Includes representative poems that won the Kotaro Takamura Prize.
innocenceredemptionintrospection
Mokkin (Xylophone / The Xylophone)
PoemA poem mourning wartime losses. Set as a choral piece by Saburo Iwaga and included in school textbooks.
warlossremembrance
映像化・舞台化
- [Choral work] The Xylophone (choral setting by Saburo Iwaga)
全著作
- Collected Poems of Nao Kanai (Baraka-sha, 1953)
- Hibo (Baraka-sha, 1955)
- Kikatsu (privately published, 1956)
- Giwaku (Baraka-sha, 1958)
- Little Songs of Love and Death (Baraka-sha, 1959)
- Song of Innocence (Yayoi Shobo, 1962)
- Ego (Yayoi Shobo, 1966)
- Song of the Rose-Colored Night (Saka no Ue Shoten, 1969)
- Homecoming (Yayoi Shobo, 1970)
- Nao Kanai's Songs of Love and Poetry (Yayoi Shobo, 1971)
- Insect Poems (Yayoi Shobo, 1972)
- id (Yayoi Shobo, 1973)
- Letters to Young Women (Kyoyo Bunko, 1964)
- Journey to the Land of Poetry (Bunka Publishing, 1973)
- Guide to Poem Writing (Yayoi Shobo, 1973)
- Children's Poems (Kyoyo Bunko, 1974)
- Rorie's Shoemaker (Yayoi Shobo, 1979)
翻案
- The Xylophone (choral work by Saburo Iwaga)
作風・主題
- 文体
- lyricala style emphasizing memory and lyricismplain diction with symbolic overtones
- 頻出モチーフ
- war and air raidsloss and remembrancelove and deathinsects and nature
評価・遺産
Regarded as one of the notable postwar poets in Japan. Known for poems addressing wartime experiences, notably "Mokkin" which appeared in school textbooks. The Nao Kanai Poetry Museum in Hakusan, Bunkyo Ward preserves and exhibits his manuscripts and books.
記念館・博物館
- Nao Kanai Poetry Museum Hakusan, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan 1999年開館
資料所蔵先
- Held at the Nao Kanai Poetry Museum (manuscripts, books, etc.)
大衆文化への影響
- The poem "Mokkin" was set as a choral piece by Saburo Iwaga, became popular, and was included in Japanese language school textbooks.
豆知識
- Legal name was "直寿" (Naotoshi).
- The poem "Mokkin" is widely known due to inclusion in textbooks and its choral setting.