Contemporary Poetry Notebook Award
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1980) award
Kouko Shiraishi
しらいし こうこ
Shiraishi Kouko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1960-06-15 （Senmaya, Higashi-Iwai District, Iwate Prefecture (now Senmaya, Ichinoseki)）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Senmaya, Iwate Prefecture (now Ichinoseki) → Tokyo (has lived)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, essayist, translator, visiting professor
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Affiliations
- Waseda University (Visiting Professor, Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanaizakaura High School, Miyagi Prefecture | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Otsuma Women's University | Department of Japanese Literature | Japanese Literature | — | — | Japan |
Kanaizakaura High School, Miyagi Prefecture
Country:
Japan
Otsuma Women's University
Department of Japanese Literature
/ Japanese Literature
Country:
Japan
Graduated from Department of Japanese Literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Gendai Shi-techo Prize | — | — | Gendai Shi-techo (poetry magazine) editorial board | winner |
Gendai Shi-techo Prize
1980
Organization:
Gendai Shi-techo (poetry magazine) editorial board
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Rhapsody
1982 poetry collectionAn early poetry collection exploring everyday emotions and the inner life of women with delicate imagery.
womanhoodeveryday lifememory
No-Sleeve
1985 poetry collectionA collection expressing youthful sensibility, arranging fragments of emotion with a rhythmic use of language.
coming of ageemotional fragments
Unruly Feelings
1989 essay collectionAn essay collection that chronicles women's daily life and reflections with touches of humor.
women's daily lifehumorself-observation
Collected Poems of Kouko Shiraishi
2000 poetry (collected works)Collected poems published in the Gendai Shi Bunko series, compiling representative works chronologically.
recollectiontimefemininity
Bibliography
- Rhapsody (poetry, Shichosha, 1982)
- No-Sleeve (poetry, Shichosha, 1985)
- Red (Shichosha, 1988)
- Unruly Feelings (Bungeishunju, 1989)
- Already 29, Still 29 (Daiwa Publishing, 1990)
- There and Not There (Daiwa Publishing, 1991)
- Blue Blue Blue (Sekai Bunka, 1992)
- Just a Friend (Shincho Bunko, 1994)
- Various Sorrows (Asahi Shimbun, 1996)
- Sunday's Search (Asahi Shimbun, 1996)
- On Reading (Shobunsha, 1996)
- Reluctant Paradise (Asahi Shimbun, 1997)
- Small Impulses (Shinchosha, 1998)
- The Ripening Forest (Shichosha, 1999)
- A Woman Alone: Carefree and Luxurious Days (Daiwa Publishing, 2000)
- Collected Poems of Kouko Shiraishi (Shichosha, 2000)
- Ichi Nuketa (Shueisha, 2001)
- My Twin Sisters (Shueisha, 2004)
- Embarrassing (Hakusuisha, 2004)
Translations by Author
- Working Girl Can't Find Peace (translation of Deborah Garrison, Mainichi Shimbunsha, 1999)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- modern poetic fragmentsplain yet rhythmic languagelight, witty voice in essays
- Recurring Motifs
- female psychologydetails of everyday lifememory and time
Legacy
Recognized as a prominent female poet and essayist since the 1980s, she has attracted readers with both poetry and essays and served as a visiting professor at Waseda University.
In Popular Culture
- Regular appearances on radio programs (TBS Radio, IBC Iwate Broadcasting, etc.)
Trivia
- Won the 18th Gendai Shi-techo Prize at age 19.
- Has served as a visiting professor at Waseda University.
- Has appeared regularly and in corner segments on radio programs.