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Toru Kitagawa

きたがわ とおる

Kitagawa Tooru

ペンネーム: Isogai Mitsurubirth name

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1935-08-09 (Hekinan, Aichi, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Hekinan, Aichi (birthplace) → Shimonoseki, Yamaguchi (residence; Meikogakuin University)

経歴

職業
poet, literary critic, teacher, university professor
活動期間
1958年〜
所属
Meikogakuin University (Visiting/appointed professor)
所属団体
Selection Committee Member, Nakahara Chūya Prize
影響を受けた人物
Tōkoku Kitamura, Sakutarō Hagiwara, Chūya Nakahara, Nobuo Ayukawa, Takaaki Yoshimoto

学歴

Aichi Gakugei University (now Aichi University of Education)
Faculty of Education / Japanese language
期間: 1954-1958
卒業年: 1958
国: Japan
Alumnus of the institution now known as Aichi University of Education

受賞歴

Ono Jūsaburō Prize (Special Prize)
2001
対象作品: The Present of Poetic Theory (3 vols.)
主催: Ono Jūsaburō Prize Committee
結果: winner
Takami Jun Prize
2008
対象作品: Melting, the Alarm Clock
主催: Takami Jun Prize Committee
結果: winner
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize
2009
対象作品: Collected Studies on Nakahara Chūya
主催: Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize Committee
結果: winner
Chunichi Culture Award
2016
主催: Chunichi Shimbun
結果: winner
Art Academy Prize of Japan / Imperial Award
2023
対象作品: Collected Contemporary Poetic Theories
主催: Japan Art Academy
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Toru Kitagawa: Collected Poems

1972年 poetry collection

A collection of early poems demonstrating his linguistic experiments and thematic concerns in contemporary poetry.

contemporary poetrylanguagememory

Melting, the Alarm Clock

2007年 poetry collection

A later poetry collection that deals with playfulness of language and the nature of time.

timeplay of languageexistence

The Present of Poetic Theory (3 vols.)

2000年 criticism / poetic theory

A three-volume collection of essays on contemporary poetry and poetic theory, discussing methodology and postwar developments.

poetic theorypostwar poetrycriticism

Collected Studies on Nakahara Chūya

2007年 criticism / research

A compilation of studies on Nakahara Chūya that examines his poetics and reception.

Nakahara Chūya studiespoeticshistorical context

全著作

  • Toru Kitagawa: Collected Poems (Shichosha, 1972)
  • The Beginning of the Anti-River (poems), Shichosha, 1974
  • The Distant Rainy Season (poems), Kokubunsha, 1977
  • Argot Techniques: The Poetry of Toru Kitagawa, Yumitate-sha, 1986
  • How Far Can Poe Change?, Shichosha, 1988
  • To Senjogahara, Shichosha, 1992
  • Continued: Toru Kitagawa Collected Poems (Shichosha, 1994)
  • Democritus's Well, Shichosha, 1995
  • Colloquial Vice School, Sunagoya Shobo, 2003
  • Melting, the Alarm Clock, Shichosha, 2007
  • Asked Why I Continue Writing Poetry, Shichosha, 2015
  • Legendary Tales, Shichosha, 2022

作風・主題

文体
theoretical and critical stylelanguage-experimental expressionprecise, theory-oriented prose
頻出モチーフ
play of languagetime and memorymethodology of poetry

評価・遺産

A poet and critic who significantly influenced postwar contemporary poetic theory and practice. Known for studies on Nakahara Chūya, Kitamura Tōkoku and Sakutarō Hagiwara; his essays and collected works earned major honors including the Japan Art Academy Prize and the Imperial Award.

豆知識

  • Birth name is Isogai Mitsuru.
  • Founded the poetry magazine "Ankaruwa" in 1962 and discontinued it in 1990.
  • Served as a professor at Meikogakuin University.