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第6回（1958年） effort award
Kei Hasegawa
はせがわ けい
Hasegawa Kei
ペンネーム:
Serie Kei（Stage name used during theatre/acting period）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1931-02-20 （Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Osaka Prefecture (birthplace) → Tokyo (based since 1963)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Poet, Broadcast writer, Lyricist, Actor (former stage name: Serie Kei)
- 活動期間
- 1954年〜
- 所属
- Chubu Nippon Broadcasting Theatre Company (Theatre CBC), 3rd class, Office of Teiro Miki (affiliated as a lyricist)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Kaoru Maruyama, Teirou Miki
- ノミネート
- 51st Akutagawa Prize nominee
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nihon University College of Art | Department of Film (left before graduation) | Film Studies | — | 在学中に中退 | Japan |
Nihon University College of Art
Department of Film (left before graduation)
/ Film Studies
期間:
在学中に中退
国:
Japan
Attended film department but withdrew to join a theatre troupe
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Chubu Japan Poets Prize (Effort Award) | Sumiki to Su to | — | Chubu Japan Poets Association (awarding body) | 受賞 |
| 1964 | Bungeikai Newcomer Prize | The Blue Rite | — | Bungeikai (Literary World) | 受賞 |
Chubu Japan Poets Prize (Effort Award)
1958
対象作品:
Sumiki to Su to
主催:
Chubu Japan Poets Association (awarding body)
結果:
受賞
Bungeikai Newcomer Prize
1964
対象作品:
The Blue Rite
主催:
Bungeikai (Literary World)
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第10回（1960年） honorable mention
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第18回（1964年） award
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第23回（1982年） honorable mention
作品
代表作
Sumiki to Su to
1957年 Poetry collectionAn early poetry collection containing poems about daily life and memory.
memorythe everydaynature
The Blue Rite
1964年 Novel / Short fictionA notable work that won the Bungeikai Newcomer Prize; features experimental prose and interior portraits of youth.
selfritecoming of age
The Star Actor Murder Case
1985年 Novel / MysteryA mystery-style novel set in the world of theatre.
theatrefiction vs realitymystery
The Dog Looking to the Open Sea: The Kukomaru Shipwreck Incident
1985年 Non-fiction / NovelA work centered on a maritime accident, moving between reportage and imagination.
searecorddeath and rebirth
The Tail of the Moonlit Night: The Tale of a Would-Be Poet
1992年 Short fiction / NovelA story about a poet, blending humor and melancholy.
poetidentityhumor
Bridge of Memory
2003年 Poetry collectionA late poetry collection focusing on memory and the passage of time.
memorytimereminiscence
全著作
- Sumiki to Su to (poetry), Shoshinsha, 1957
- The World of Signal People (co-authored), Nihon Sangyo Kyoiku Shuppan, 1968
- Ao no Gishiki (The Blue Rite), Yukawa Shobō, 1977
- The Star Actor Murder Case, Yūraku Shuppansha, 1985
- The Dog Looking to the Open Sea: The Kukomaru Shipwreck Incident, Shueisha, 1985
- Tokyo Stories: 101 Views of Showa History, Jiji Press, 1988
- Monuments of Travel Sentiment, Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1991
- The Tail of the Moonlit Night: The Tale of a Would-Be Poet, Kakūsha, 1992
- Joan of Arc: The Girl Who Saved France, Kodansha Hinotori Biographies, 1993
- Kiyoshi Yamashita: The Wandering Painter, Kodansha Hinotori Biographies, 1994
- Prayer of the Atomic Bomb Dome, Kodansha, 1995
- Faraway Lantern: The Life and Environment of Poet Kaoru Maruyama, Mokushoku Kobo, 1999
- Bridge of Memory (poetry), Seidō Kobo, 2003
作風・主題
- 文体
- Poetic and lyrical proseExperimental narration and interior monologueDialogue influenced by theatrical experience
- 頻出モチーフ
- memorysea and traveltheatre/stageindividual interiority
評価・遺産
Kei Hasegawa has worked broadly as a poet, novelist and broadcast writer; he is noted for winning the Bungeikai Newcomer Prize in 1964. His theatre background and poetic style mark a steady, if understated, contribution to Japanese literature from the late 20th century into the 21st.
豆知識
- Used the stage name Serie Kei during his theatre period and worked as an actor.
- Left Nihon University College of Art's film department to join Theatre CBC.
- Won the Bungeikai Newcomer Prize for 'The Blue Rite' in 1964 and was a nominee for the 51st Akutagawa Prize.