Tomita Saika Award
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (2022) award
Kanka Kobayashi
こばやし かんか
Kobayashi Kanka
Pen Names:
Kanka Kobayashi（Name used for literary publications）
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- Tokyo, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo (as of 2016)
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Active Years
- 2013-
- Affiliations
- Sakurako is Beautiful and Pleasant Friends (poetry group), Contributor to the poetry magazine 'Urushi or Metal Allergy'
- Influenced By
- Ryuichi Tamura, Yutaka Haniya, Yoshio Kuroda
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Nakahara Chuya Prize (nominee) | Derashine | — | Nakahara Chuya Prize Committee | nominated |
| 2014 | Ayukawa Nobuo Prize (nominee) | Derashine | — | Ayukawa Nobuo Prize Committee | nominated |
| 2022 | Nakahara Chuya Prize (nominee) | Komatsugawa Jokei | — | Nakahara Chuya Prize Committee | nominated |
| 2022 | H-shi Prize (nominee) | Komatsugawa Jokei | — | H-shi Prize Committee | nominated |
| 2022 | Tomita Saika Prize | Komatsugawa Jokei | — | Tomita Saika Prize Committee | winner |
Nakahara Chuya Prize (nominee)
2014
Work:
Derashine
Organization:
Nakahara Chuya Prize Committee
Result:
nominated
Ayukawa Nobuo Prize (nominee)
2014
Work:
Derashine
Organization:
Ayukawa Nobuo Prize Committee
Result:
nominated
Nakahara Chuya Prize (nominee)
2022
Work:
Komatsugawa Jokei
Organization:
Nakahara Chuya Prize Committee
Result:
nominated
H-shi Prize (nominee)
2022
Work:
Komatsugawa Jokei
Organization:
H-shi Prize Committee
Result:
nominated
Tomita Saika Prize
2022
Work:
Komatsugawa Jokei
Organization:
Tomita Saika Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Derashine
2013 poetry collectionEarly poetry collection comprising short poems and brief lyric pieces.
urbanityfragmented memoryeveryday unease
Balloon
2015 mini poetry volume (private edition)A privately published small collection noted for experimental design and layout.
playmaterialityform and voice
End Roll
2017 mini poetry volume (private edition)A sequence of poems layering cinematic imagery.
cinematic imagerypassage of timeending and continuity
Komatsugawa Jokei
2021 poetry collectionA lyric collection depicting urban landscapes; winner of the 33rd Tomita Saika Prize.
urban landscapesmemorymovement
Dream of Falling — vergissmeinnicht
2025 poetry collectionRecent work collecting poems themed on falling and forgetting.
fallingforgettingloss and renewal
Bibliography
- Derashine (Shicho-sha, 2013)
- Balloon (private edition, 2015)
- End Roll (private edition, 2017)
- Komatsugawa Jokei (Kyowakoku, 2021)
- Dream of Falling — vergissmeinnicht (Shicho-sha, 2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Experimental, fragmentary style rooted in prose-poetryNarration layering cinematic images
- Recurring Motifs
- urban landscapesmemory and fragmentssense of falling and loss
Legacy
Recognized as an emerging poet since the 2010s, gaining critical attention and awards within contemporary Japanese poetry.
Archives
- National Diet Library of Japan (authority file)
- VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
Trivia
- VIAF and National Diet Library authority entries exist for the author.
- The Wikipedia article about the author is noted as lacking reliable sources.