Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 47 (2014) award
Norio Kanehori
かなほり のりお
Kanehori Norio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-01-01 （Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 1972-
- Affiliations
- Japan Contemporary Poets Association, Japan Poets Club, Japan PEN Club, Kansai Poets Association, Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Poetics (councilor)
- Memberships
- Japan Contemporary Poets Association, Japan Poets Club, Japan PEN Club
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ritsumeikan University | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Ritsumeikan University
Country:
Japan
Graduated from Ritsumeikan University (year unknown)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | Kobe Naville Literary Prize (11th) | Kananano Hoisa | — | — | winner |
| 2020 | Japan Poets Club Prize (47th) | Ahanachi | — | Japan Poets Club | winner |
| — | Tomita Saika Prize (31st) | Hino Ishi Matsuri | — | — | winner |
Kobe Naville Literary Prize (11th)
Work:
Kananano Hoisa
Result:
winner
Japan Poets Club Prize (47th)
2020
Work:
Ahanachi
Organization:
Japan Poets Club
Result:
winner
Tomita Saika Prize (31st)
Work:
Hino Ishi Matsuri
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Tomita Saika Award
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (2020) award
Works
Major Works
Ice Work
1972 poetry collectionEarly collection blending experimental imagery with lyricism.
natureintrospection
Dream Death
1974 poetry collectionA collection of poems exploring dreams and views on life and death.
dreamsdeath
Sketches of Love
1975 poetry collectionShort collection centered on love and relationships.
lovehuman relationships
White Silence
1976 poetry collectionWorks that thematize tranquility and silence.
silencecalm
Feast of Stones
1979 poetry collectionPoems using materiality and stones as motifs.
materialitymemory
So-ku (Imagined Sky)
1987 poetry collectionMid-career collection focusing on imagination and spatiality.
imaginationspace
Hi Hi no Hachikazuki-hime
1996 poetry collectionIncorporates motifs from folktales and traditional stories.
folktaletradition
Kananano Hoisa
2003 poetry collectionA lyrical collection with local color and dialectal touches.
localitydialectdaily life
Kandera
2009 poetry collectionIncludes poems touching on local festivals and faith.
festivalsfaith
Ahanachi
2013 poetry collectionA recent collection themed on local history and rural landscapes.
local historyrural landscapememory
Bibliography
- Ice Work
- Dream Death
- Sketches of Love
- White Silence
- Feast of Stones
- So-ku (Imagined Sky)
- Hi Hi no Hachikazuki-hime
- Kananano Hoisa
- Kandera
- Ahanachi
- Red Chalk (editor)
- Red Chalk Continued (editor)
- Red Chalk Continued, Continued (editor)
Adaptations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical style emphasizing localitycolloquial and accessible expressions
- Recurring Motifs
- localitynaturememoryfestivals
Legacy
Norio Kanehori is known as an Osaka-born poet who emphasizes locality in his poetry; he has contributed to regional culture through editorship of poetry magazines and creation of local history karuta. He has received several poetry awards and remains a steady presence in postwar and contemporary Japanese poetry.
Academic Societies
- Japan Contemporary Poets Association
- Japan Poets Club
- Japan PEN Club
Archives
- Held by the National Diet Library (ID: 00101621)
Trivia
- Born in 1944 in Osaka Prefecture.
- Graduated from Ritsumeikan University.
- Editor/host of poetry magazines "Katano-ga-hara" and "Ishi no Mori."
- Produces karuta (traditional Japanese card game) based on local history.
- Lyricist for the Shijonawate city song "Ima Koko ni" (1990; co-work by Yoko Shimada).