Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 40 (1994) nominee
Michiko Kondo
こんどう みちこ
Kondo Michiko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1958-02-17 （Aichi Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Aichi Prefecture (birthplace) → Kobe (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet
- Active Years
- 1977-
- Affiliations
- Reirou no Kai (tanka society, former), Tanka-jin Kai (joined briefly)
- Influenced By
- Kunio Tsukamoto
- Nominations
- 1st Kadan Award nominee (1990), 4th Kadan Award nominee (1993, "Alice of an Ordinary Country"), Kadokawa Tanka Award nominee (1994, "Legend of the Angel Egg"), 28th Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award finalist (1992, "Klein's Tear Vase")
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi Shukutoku University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | — | — | Japan |
Aichi Shukutoku University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Year of Graduation:
1980
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award | Quixote's Hippocampus | — | Tanka Kenkyu-sha | winner |
| 1990 | Kadan Award | — | — | Kadan (literary magazine) | nominee |
| 1993 | Kadan Award | Alice of an Ordinary Country | — | Kadan (literary magazine) | nominee |
| 1994 | Kadokawa Tanka Award | Legend of the Angel Egg | — | Kadokawa Literary Publishing | nominee |
| 1992 | Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award (finalist) | Klein's Tear Vase | — | Tanka Kenkyu-sha | finalist |
Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award
1995
Work:
Quixote's Hippocampus
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu-sha
Result:
winner
Kadan Award
1990
Organization:
Kadan (literary magazine)
Result:
nominee
Kadan Award
1993
Work:
Alice of an Ordinary Country
Organization:
Kadan (literary magazine)
Result:
nominee
Kadokawa Tanka Award
1994
Work:
Legend of the Angel Egg
Organization:
Kadokawa Literary Publishing
Result:
nominee
Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award (finalist)
1992
Work:
Klein's Tear Vase
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu-sha
Result:
finalist
Awards & Nominations
Tanka Research Newcomer Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 38 (1995) award
Works
Major Works
Tanka Collection: Soramimi Hikō
1999 tanka collectionA tanka collection selecting 360 poems composed between 1988 and 1998, reorganized largely in the order of creation.
memoryfantasyselfangels / flight
Bibliography
- Tanka Collection: Soramimi Hikō (Tanka Kenkyu-sha, 1999)
- Klein's Tear Vase (Tanka Kenkyu Vol.49 No.9, 1992)
- Alice of an Ordinary Country (Kadan Vol.7 No.2, 1993)
- Legend of the Angel Egg (Tanka Vol.41 No.6, 1994)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- avant-garde, image-rich languagesymbolic and metaphorical tanka style
- Recurring Motifs
- angelsflight / skyfragments of memorymythic imagery
Legacy
Recognized as a female tanka poet active since the late 20th century; known for winning the Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award and for contributions to literary magazines and a major collection of tanka.
Academic Societies
- Tanka Kenkyu-sha
- Tanka-jin Kai
Archives
- National Diet Library holdings / authority
- VIAF record (VIAF:257590936)
Trivia
- Born in 1958, from Aichi Prefecture.
- Graduated from Aichi Shukutoku University, Faculty of Letters, Department of Japanese Literature.
- Studied under Kunio Tsukamoto and was a member of Reirou no Kai.
- The collection 'Soramimi Hikō' assembles 360 poems from 1988–1998.
- Won the 38th Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award in 1995.