Oguma Hideo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 5 (1972) award
Yasuko Kawada
かわた やすこ
Kawada Yasuko
Aliases:
松村靖子
Pen Names:
Yasuko Matsumura（Used maiden name for a 1962 poetry collection）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1934-12-16 （Kobe, Hyogo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, French
- Religion
- Christianity
- Residence History
- Kobe, Hyogo, Japan → Tokyo (worked at Tamagawa University)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, French literature scholar, university professor
- Active Years
- 1962-
- Affiliations
- Tamagawa University
- Memberships
- Japanese Christian Poets Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku University | Faculty of Letters, Department of French | Department of French Literature | 学士 | 1950s | Japan |
| Kyoto University Graduate School | Graduate School of Letters (Master's) | Graduate School of Letters | 修士 | 1959-1961 | Japan |
Tohoku University
Faculty of Letters, Department of French
/ Department of French Literature
Degree:
学士
Period:
1950s
Year of Graduation:
1959
Country:
Japan
Kyoto University Graduate School
Graduate School of Letters (Master's)
/ Graduate School of Letters
Degree:
修士
Period:
1959-1961
Year of Graduation:
1961
Country:
Japan
Completed master's program
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Oguma Hideo Prize | Northern Desert | — | — | winner |
Oguma Hideo Prize
1972
Work:
Northern Desert
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fukanuma Sho
1962 poetry collectionAn early poetry collection published under her maiden name Y. Matsumura; combines personal emotion with depictions of nature.
natureselfmemory
Northern Desert
1971 poetry collectionA poetry collection themed around northern landscapes and solitude; awarded the Oguma Hideo Prize.
the Northsolitudenature
To See the Aurora
1974 poetry collectionA mid-career collection focusing on natural phenomena and light as motifs.
lightnatureobservation
Crystal Gazing
1983 poetry collectionUses metaphor and symbolism to explore inner landscapes.
interioritysymbolismtime
The Rose of the Wind
1998 poetry collectionA later collection contemplating the relationship between nature and people.
naturerelationshipsmemory
Bibliography
- Fukanuma Sho (as Yasuko Matsumura) 1962
- Northern Desert 1971
- To See the Aurora 1974
- Crystal Gazing 1983
- L'Ephémère 1989
- The Standing Blue Child 1989
- 17th-Century French Salons 1990
- The Rose of the Wind 1998
- I Was a Trainee at a Paris Geriatric Hospital 2006
- My Garden Resembles Me: Poems by Yasuko Kawada 2006
- I Am the True Vine 2013
Translations by Author
- Francois Crusiani, 'Proust' (translation) 1976
- Jean de La Fontaine, 'Fables' (translation) 1979
- Alain Ducoté, 'History of French Women, Vol.1' (translation) 1980
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricalsymbolist tendenciesobservation-based description
- Recurring Motifs
- nature (wind, light, the North)solitude and memoryreligious motifs
Legacy
Yasuko Kawada is a poet active from the late 20th into the 21st century and a scholar of French literature. As Professor Emerita at Tamagawa University she contributed to education and translation, and played a central role in the Japanese Christian poetry community.
Academic Societies
- Japanese Christian Poets Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (holds works)
- Tamagawa University Library (holds materials)
Trivia
- Her 1962 poetry collection 'Fukanuma Sho' was published under her maiden name Yasuko Matsumura.
- She won the Oguma Hideo Prize in 1972 for the poetry collection 'Northern Desert'.
- Served as president of the Japanese Christian Poets Association from 2003 to 2013.
- Retired from Tamagawa University in 2005 and became Professor Emerita.