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第29回（1986年） award
Jiro Kato
かとう じろう
Kato Jiro
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1959-11-15 （Narumi, Midori-ku, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- tanka poet, company employee
- 活動期間
- 1983年〜
- 所属
- Mirai (tanka society), Fujifilm Business Innovation Japan (formerly Fuji Xerox)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Takashi Okai, Kunio Tsukamoto
- 影響を与えた人物
- Hiroyuki Sasai, Ayako Noguchi, Miharu Yanagisawa
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi University of Education Senior High School | — | — | — | 1975-1978 | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Education | Faculty of Education | — | 学士 | 1978-1982 | Japan |
Aichi University of Education Senior High School
期間:
1975-1978
卒業年:
1978
国:
Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Education
Faculty of Education
学位:
学士
期間:
1978-1982
卒業年:
1982
国:
Japan
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award | Small Talk | — | Tanka Kenkyu (publisher) | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Contemporary Poets' Association Award | Sunny Side Up | — | Contemporary Poets' Association | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Terayama Shuji Tanka Award | Coma Paradise | — | Terayama Shuji Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Chunichi Tanka Grand Prize | Shinkirou | — | Chunichi Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Aichi Prefecture Arts and Culture Award (Cultural Prize) | — | — | Aichi Prefecture | 受賞 |
Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award
1986
対象作品:
Small Talk
主催:
Tanka Kenkyu (publisher)
結果:
受賞
Contemporary Poets' Association Award
1988
対象作品:
Sunny Side Up
主催:
Contemporary Poets' Association
結果:
受賞
Terayama Shuji Tanka Award
1999
対象作品:
Coma Paradise
主催:
Terayama Shuji Award Committee
結果:
受賞
Chunichi Tanka Grand Prize
2012
対象作品:
Shinkirou
主催:
Chunichi Shimbun
結果:
受賞
Aichi Prefecture Arts and Culture Award (Cultural Prize)
2024
主催:
Aichi Prefecture
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Sunny Side Up
1987年 tankaA collection of experimental colloquial tanka. Considered a representative work that established him as a leading figure of the New Wave tanka movement.
urban lifeeveryday observationcolloquial expression
Monsters of the Loop Line
2006年 tankaA collection centered on images of the loop train line and urban motifs. Poems reflect contemporary social sensibilities.
transportationcitymemory
Shinkirou
2012年 tankaA delicate collection portraying mirages, memory, and personal scenes. Winner of the Chunichi Tanka Grand Prize.
memoryillusionfamily
Seaside Roller Coaster
2022年 tankaOne of his recent representative works. Poems sing of changing emotions and time through seaside landscapes.
seatimeemotional swings
全著作
- Sunny Side Up
- My Romancer
- Haleakala
- Coma Paradise
- Easy Pie (Selected Poems)
- New Eclipse
- Collected Poems of Jiro Kato
- Monsters of the Loop Line
- Rainy Day Retrospective
- Shinkirou
- Fountain Tower
- Confusion
- Light of Confusion
- Seaside Roller Coaster
- TKO (Technical Knockout): Attempts in Contemporary Tanka
- Utau☆Club Selection
- Introduction to Tanka Rhetoric
- The Door of Tanka: Introduction to Modern Tanka
- Takashi Okai and Contemporary Tanka
- Days of a Song Person
- Tanka People of Tokai
作風・主題
- 文体
- innovation in colloquial tankaNew Wave tankaexperimental/avant-garde expression
- 頻出モチーフ
- city and transportationmemory and miragemateriality of everyday life
評価・遺産
He has had a significant impact on contemporary tanka as an innovator of colloquial tanka. Active as a selector and mentor for younger poets, he is regarded as an important figure in modern tanka.
関連学会
- Contemporary Poets' Association
豆知識
- He continued writing while working at Fujifilm Business Innovation Japan (formerly Fuji Xerox).
- An avid shogi fan; he has played against Hifumi Kato.
- Has three children with his wife.
- Fond of sweets.