Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 50 (2004) award
Nao Kojima
こじま なお
Kojima Nao
Aliases:
横井直子
Pen Names:
Nao Kojima（Name used in publications and public activities）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1986-08-31 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan (birthplace) → United States (1993–1994)
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet
- Active Years
- 2004-
- Affiliations
- Cosmos tanka society, COCOON (young group)
- Influenced By
- Yukari Kojima, Kimihiko Takano
- Influenced
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aoyama Gakuin University | Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | — | — | Japan |
Aoyama Gakuin University
Faculty of Letters
/ Faculty of Letters
Year of Graduation:
2009
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Kadokawa Tanka Prize (50th) | Rantansha (50 tanka) | — | Kadokawa Shoten | winner |
| 2007 | Gendai Tanka Newcomer Prize (8th) | Rantansha (first poetry collection) | — | Gendai Tanka Society | winner |
| 2007 | Suruga Baika Literary Prize (10th) | Rantansha (first poetry collection) | — | Suruga Baika Literary Prize Committee | winner |
Kadokawa Tanka Prize (50th)
2004
Work:
Rantansha (50 tanka)
Organization:
Kadokawa Shoten
Result:
winner
Gendai Tanka Newcomer Prize (8th)
2007
Work:
Rantansha (first poetry collection)
Organization:
Gendai Tanka Society
Result:
winner
Suruga Baika Literary Prize (10th)
2007
Work:
Rantansha (first poetry collection)
Organization:
Suruga Baika Literary Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (2007) award
Works
Major Works
Rantansha
2007 tankaFirst collection of tanka exploring everyday observations and inner emotional shifts through concise verse.
everyday lifecoming of agefamily
Adaptations
- [film] Rantansha / 谷口正晃
Salinger Has Died
2011 tankaSecond collection mixing cultural references and personal memories in tanka form.
memorycultural referencesloss
Deployment Map
2020 tankaThird collection emphasizing sonic qualities of language and visual imagery in tanka.
soundvisual imagerylanguage
Bibliography
- Rantansha (2007, Kadokawa Shoten)
- Salinger Has Died (2011, Kadokawa Shoten)
- Deployment Map (2020, Hiiragi Shobo)
- Tanka Club, Recruiting Members! (co-authored, 2022, Iwanami Shoten)
Adaptations
- Rantansha (film adaptation; director: Masaaki Taniguchi; starring: Mirei Kiritani)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, lyrical tankaattention to syllable and sound placement
- Recurring Motifs
- fragments of daily lifefamily and relations with mothersound and visual images
Legacy
Regarded as a representative tanka poet of the younger generation, contributing to contemporary expressions in tanka. Active in media appearances and as a selector, influencing emerging poets.
Trivia
- Birth name is Naoko Yokoi.
- Her mother is tanka poet Yukari Kojima.
- She is married to novelist Takuma Okazaki.
- Holds a second dan rank in iaido (martial art).