Munakata Haiku Award
1回登壇
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第4回（2003年） award
Seegan Mabesoone
まぶそん せいがん
Mabesoone Seegan
ペンネーム:
Seegan Mabesoone（Haiku pen-name used in his haiku activities）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1968-09-22 （Tarn, France）
- 国籍
- France
- 言語
- Japanese, French
- 居住地歴
- Raised in Normandy, France → Nagano City, Japan (resident since c.1996) → Hiva Oa, Marquesas Islands, French Polynesia (long-term stay)
経歴
- 職業
- haiku poet, novelist, comparative literature scholar, essayist, translator, university adjunct lecturer
- 活動期間
- 1990年〜
- 所属
- Modern Haiku Association, Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Poetics (council member), Nagano Franco-Japanese Association (founding member / advisor)
- 所属団体
- Member of the Modern Haiku Association, Council member, Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Poetics
- 影響を受けた人物
- Kobayashi Issa, Tōta Kaneko, Paul Verlaine, Philippe Descola
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Paris | — | Department of Japanese Literature (graduate studies) | — | — | France |
| Waseda University Graduate School of Education | — | Doctoral program (Japanese literature / comparative literature) | 博士（学術） | — | Japan |
University of Paris
Department of Japanese Literature (graduate studies)
国:
France
Studied Japanese literature; participated in student exchange program
Waseda University Graduate School of Education
Doctoral program (Japanese literature / comparative literature)
学位:
博士（学術）
卒業年:
2004
国:
Japan
Supervisor: Minoru Horikiri. Doctoral thesis later published as a monograph (2005)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Modern Haiku Association Prize | Queen Mab's Cave | — | Modern Haiku Association | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Sō Sakon Haiku Grand Prize (Setsuran-sha Haiku Prize) | Ku-shu Sora Aosugite (collection) | — | Setsuransha (Sō Sakon Haiku Grand Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2000 | NHK 'Haiku Kingdom' Grand Prize | Poem: "Stars fly — Japan bans burial?" | — | NHK | 受賞 |
Modern Haiku Association Prize
2024
対象作品:
Queen Mab's Cave
主催:
Modern Haiku Association
結果:
受賞
Sō Sakon Haiku Grand Prize (Setsuran-sha Haiku Prize)
2003
対象作品:
Ku-shu Sora Aosugite (collection)
主催:
Setsuransha (Sō Sakon Haiku Grand Prize)
結果:
受賞
NHK 'Haiku Kingdom' Grand Prize
2000
対象作品:
Poem: "Stars fly — Japan bans burial?"
主催:
NHK
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第79回（2024年） award
作品
代表作
Queen Mab's Cave
2023年 haiku collection 192ページA haiku collection born from his COVID-19 experience and stay in the Marquesas, presenting the new rhythm '5-7-3'. Includes no-season (muski) haiku and animistic themes.
animismno-season haiku5-7-3 (Mukukku) rhythmnature and Jomon motifs
翻訳
- Selected haiku translated into English
- French-Japanese bilingual edition available
Jomon Taiga
2024年 haiku collection (5-7-3 series) 160ページA series focused on Jomon culture in the Chikuma River basin, using the 5-7-3 form to present many 'pure' (muku) haiku.
Jomon cultureregionalitymuku (pure) haiku
翻訳
- Some content translated into French
Dreamtime (Jukurrpa)
2025年 haiku collection (includes poetic essays) 200ページA work themed on Dreamtime; includes experiments with 'quantum haiku' and new poetic forms. Published simultaneously in Japanese and French.
Aboriginal Dreamtimequantum haikuprimordial time
翻訳
- French-Japanese bilingual edition (Pippa Éditions)
The Distant Marquesas Islands
2021年 haiku collection and novel (mixed form) 240ページA hybrid haiku collection and novel based on experiences in the Marquesas; develops an animistic, no-season worldview.
island lifeanimismsea and nature
翻訳
- French-Japanese bilingual edition available
全著作
- Sora Aosugite (Haiku collection), San-getsuan Publishing, 2002
- Ten'nyo-bushi (Haiku collection), San-getsuan Publishing, 2004
- Arabian Night Tales (Haiku collection), San-getsuan Publishing, 2005
- The Distant Marquesas Islands, Hon'ami Shoten, 2021
- Queen Mab's Cave, Hon'ami Shoten, 2023
- Jomon Taiga, Hon'ami Shoten, 2024
- Dreamtime (Jukurrpa), Hon'ami Shoten, 2025
- Haikai as Poetry, Poetry as Haikai — Issa, Claudel, International Haiku, Nagata Shobo, 2005 (doctoral thesis)
作家による翻訳
- Haïkus gravés dans la pierre (French translation/catalogue of Issa's haiku monuments), Satobun Publishing, 2003
- Journal des derniers jours de mon père (French translation of Issa's text), Pippa Éditions, 2014
作品の翻訳
- Dreamtime (Le Temps du Rêve), French-Japanese bilingual edition, Pippa Éditions, 2025
- Haïkus aux Marquises (Marquesas haiku), trilingual edition (JP/French/Marquesan), Pippa Éditions, 2019
作風・主題
- 文体
- animistic expressionno-season haiku (without seasonal words)frequent use of alliteration (initial rhyme)experimentation with a new 5-7-3 rhythm
- 頻出モチーフ
- Jomon culture / clay figurinesnature of the Marquesas IslandsChikuma River basinanti-nuclear and anti-war themesmuku (purity / innocence)
健康
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COVID-19 (infection and long COVID)2020 - 継続的に後遺症ありInfection and long-term aftereffects influenced his creative output and contributed to the themes of the collection 'Queen Mab's Cave'
評価・遺産
As a French-born poet composing haiku in Japanese, he gained attention for combining phonetic richness with an animistic perspective. His proposal of the 5-7-3 rhythm and exploration of no-season haiku have stimulated discussion in contemporary haiku circles.
記念館・博物館
- Ori no Haiku-kan (Cage Haiku House) Koanso, Ueda City, Nagano Prefecture (near Mugonkan) 2018年開館
関連学会
- Modern Haiku Association
- Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Poetics
資料所蔵先
- National Diet Library (holdings)
- Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Poetics (archive materials)
大衆文化への影響
- Appearances on regional media such as TV Shinshu's 'Yugata Get!'
- Modern Haiku Association videos and lectures (YouTube)
引用
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The 5-7-5 is too orderly. The 5-7-3 creates a spiral sense of time.
出典: Afterword of 'Queen Mab's Cave' / interviews (2023年)
豆知識
- Real name: Laurent Mabesoone.
- Served as an international exchange staff for the 1998 Nagano Winter Olympics.
- Acted as executive secretary for the erection of the 'Monument to the Persecuted Haiku Poets' in 2018 and opened the 'Ori no Haiku-kan' the same year.
- Became a judge for the international section of the Mainichi Haiku Awards from 2019.
- Contracted COVID-19 on Hiva Oa in 2020 and has experienced long COVID.