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第28回（1978年） award
Isamu Kurita
くりた いさむ
Kurita Isamu
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1929-07-18 （Tokyo, Japan）
- 死没
- 2023-05-05 （Japan） 93歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- French literature scholar, art critic, writer, translator, poet, playwright, critic, university professor
- 活動期間
- 1960年〜2023年
- 所属
- Komazawa Women's University, Meiji University, Chiba University, Waseda University, Sokei Art School (Western Print History), Japan Cultural Research Institute (Director / Honorary Director)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Comte de Lautréamont, Leon Trotsky, André Breton
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of French Literature | 文学士 | 1949-1953 | Japan |
| Graduate School, University of Tokyo | Graduate School of Letters (Master's) | Department of French Literature | 修士（文学） | 1953-1955 | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of French Literature
学位:
文学士
期間:
1949-1953
卒業年:
1953
国:
Japan
Undergraduate degree in French literature
Graduate School, University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Letters (Master's)
/ Department of French Literature
学位:
修士（文学）
期間:
1953-1955
卒業年:
1955
国:
Japan
Completed master's program
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | Arts Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education Award) | Ippen Shonin - The Pilgrim Thinker | 文部大臣賞 | Agency for Cultural Affairs / Ministry of Education | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Medal with Purple Ribbon | — | 叙勲 | Government of Japan | 受章 |
Arts Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education Award)
1977
対象作品:
Ippen Shonin - The Pilgrim Thinker
部門:
文部大臣賞
主催:
Agency for Cultural Affairs / Ministry of Education
結果:
受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
1999
部門:
叙勲
主催:
Government of Japan
結果:
受章
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Ippen Shonin - The Pilgrim Thinker
1977年 Japanese cultural studies / BiographyA cultural study and biographical essay on the medieval monk Ippen, using his travels and thought to discuss Japanese culture.
BuddhismpilgrimageJapanese culture
Cactus (Poetry Collection)
1955年 PoetryEarly poetry collection showing experimental and symbolist influences.
symbolismintrospection
Complete Works of Lautréamont (translation)
1957年 Translation (poetry)Japanese translation of Lautréamont, including Les Chants de Maldoror; known as the first complete Japanese translation.
symbolismconnections to surrealism
全著作
- Cactus (Poetry Collection)
- The Paradox of Tradition
- The Demon of the Anti-world: Politics within Passion
- Contemporary Space
- The Stone Temple
- City and Design
- Ippen Shonin - The Pilgrim Thinker
- The Archetype of Japanese Beauty
- Pilgrimage of Beauty in Asuka and Yamato
- Zen and the Japanese
作家による翻訳
- Complete Works of Lautréamont (3 vols.)
- Les Chants de Maldoror (Japanese translation)
- My Life (Trotsky, co-translation)
- Nadja (André Breton, co-translation)
作風・主題
- 文体
- symbolist-influenced translation and poetic expressionessayistic and critical prosecultural-historical approach
- 頻出モチーフ
- Buddhismancient temples / pilgrimageJapanese nature and beautycity and space
健康
-
senility / natural causes晩年Died of senility in 2023. Public activities were reduced in his final years.
評価・遺産
Isamu Kurita is known as a major translator of French symbolism and for his wide-ranging essays on Japanese culture, art, and religion. He also contributed as a longtime educator and helped popularize studies of Japanese culture.
豆知識
- He produced the first complete Japanese translation of Lautréamont (Les Chants de Maldoror).
- Served as director and later honorary director of the Japan Cultural Research Institute at Komazawa Women's University.
- Known not only as a poet and translator but also for his writings on Japanese culture and art criticism.