Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 58 (2003) award
Takako Kobayashi
こばやし たかこ
Kobayashi Takako
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1959-08-15 （Iida, Nagano, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Haiku poet, Critic, Editor
- Active Years
- 1977-
- Affiliations
- Editor-in-chief, magazine 'Take' (Gaku), Modern Haiku Association, Haibungaku (Haiku Literary Society)
- Memberships
- Modern Haiku Association, Haiku Literary Society
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shinshu University | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Shinshu University
Country:
Japan
Member of the university haiku circle
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Modern Haiku Association Award | — | — | Modern Haiku Association | 受賞 |
| 2020 | Hoshino Tatsuko Prize | Haiku collection 'Golden Ratio' | — | Hoshino Tatsuko Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Modern Haiku Association Award
2003
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association
Result:
受賞
Hoshino Tatsuko Prize
2020
Work:
Haiku collection 'Golden Ratio'
Organization:
Hoshino Tatsuko Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Hoshino Tatsuko Award - Main Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2020) Hoshino Tatsuko Award
Works
Major Works
Sea City
1977 Haiku collectionAn early haiku collection featuring poems that evoke the sea and seasonal senses.
seaseasonalitynature
The Big Dipper
1987 Haiku collectionA mid-career collection including haiku themed on stars and nightscapes.
starsnightmemory
Red Maiden (Ladybird)
2008 Haiku collectionA newer collection focusing on people and details of daily life.
daily lifepeopleobservation
Golden Ratio
2019 Haiku collectionA recent collection of representative haiku, praised for its use of form and silence.
formma (silence/space)nature
Bibliography
- Sea City (1977, Bokuyosha)
- The Big Dipper (1987, Hon'ami Shoten)
- Red Maiden (2008, Hon'ami Shoten)
- Golden Ratio (2019, Saku Publishing)
- 350 Selected Haiku: Art (1999, Kagyusha)
- Want to Know More About Japanese Seasonal Words (2003, Hon'ami Shoten)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- flexible and free phrasingconcise expression utilizing silence/spacecritical/essayistic perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- peoniesmirage/sea-city imageryseasonal words (kigo)Shinshu landscapes
Legacy
Regarded as a leading haiku poet and critic in the Shinshu region. Contributed to local haiku activities through magazine editing and critical work, and recipient of major haiku awards.
Academic Societies
- Modern Haiku Association
- Haiku Literary Society
Quotes
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From this world three shaku floats—a peony
Source: Representative haiku -
There was also a child almost shown the mirage of a sea-city
Source: Representative haiku
Trivia
- Born August 15, 1959 (from Iida City)
- Won the 8th Hoshino Tatsuko Prize in 2020 for 'Golden Ratio'
- Appointed haiku selector for the Asahi Shimbun in April 2022