Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1967) award
Haruto Kuma
くま はると
Kuma Haruto
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1915-12-08 （Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 1990-11-23 （Nagasaki City, Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan） age 74
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Nagasaki City
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, editor, pharmacy graduate
- Active Years
- 1951-1990
- Affiliations
- Kabire (haiku group), Kaite (haiku magazine/group), Doyō (haiku group/magazine)
- Influenced By
- Koyu Otake, Tōta Kaneko
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nagasaki Medical University, Affiliated Pharmaceutical Department (old system) | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Department of Pharmacy | — | — | Japan |
Nagasaki Medical University, Affiliated Pharmaceutical Department (old system)
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
/ Department of Pharmacy
Country:
Japan
Old system (corresponds to present Nagasaki University Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | Gendai Haiku Association Award | — | — | Gendai Haiku Association | Winner |
| 1990 | Nagasaki Shimbun Culture Prize | — | — | Nagasaki Shimbun | Winner |
Gendai Haiku Association Award
1965
Organization:
Gendai Haiku Association
Result:
Winner
Nagasaki Shimbun Culture Prize
1990
Organization:
Nagasaki Shimbun
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Haiku grounded in the tragedy of wartime damage and the atomic bombingPlain, direct expression
- Recurring Motifs
- atomic bombingwar devastationNagasakiUrakamiflowerspeace
Legacy
As a haiku poet from Nagasaki, he had significant influence on the local haiku community through poems addressing wartime devastation and the atomic bombing. He contributed to regional culture by founding the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Haiku Festival and being commemorated with a haiku monument.
Academic Societies
- Gendai Haiku Association
In Popular Culture
- Haiku monument near Nagasaki Peace Park inscribed with "Kumo ga kubi yaku Urakami / hana o motto makō"
Trivia
- Founded the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Haiku Festival in 1954.
- In 1992 a haiku monument was erected near Nagasaki Peace Park inscribed with "Kumo ga kubi yaku Urakami / hana o motto makō".
- Joined the haiku group Kabire in 1951 and studied under Koyu Otake.