Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 38 (1988) award
Masaki Sugiyama
すぎやま まさき
Sugiyama Masaki
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1933-11-18 （Tokyo Prefecture (historical)）
- Died
- 2009-01-16 age 77
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo (birth and residence) → Asahi Shimbun (employment)
Career
- Occupations
- literary critic, editor
- Active Years
- 1950-2009
- Affiliations
- Asahi Shimbun, Eureka (Yu-ri-ka) magazine, Manhunt (magazine), Bungei (literary magazine), Tanka Kenkyu (Tanka Research)
- Influenced By
- Hideo Nakai
- Influenced
- Shuji Terayama, Takashi Okai, Kunio Tsukamoto
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School
Country:
Japan
Could not attend university due to financial reasons
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Arts Encouragement Newcomer Award | — | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Nitta Jirō Literary Prize | — | — | Nitta Jiro Literary Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2000 | — | — | — | AICT | 受賞 |
Arts Encouragement Newcomer Award
1987
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result:
受賞
Nitta Jirō Literary Prize
2000
Organization:
Nitta Jiro Literary Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
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2000
Organization:
AICT
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Nitta Jiro Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2001) award
Works
Major Works
A biographical account exploring the life and aspirations of 郡虎彦.
biographyJapanese literary history
A critical study of Shuji Terayama's life and works.
theatreavant-gardetanka
Bibliography
- Terayama Shuji: The Playful Man (Shinchosha, 2000; reissued Kawade Bunko, 2006)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- criticalbiographicalessayistic
- Recurring Motifs
- support of avant-garde tankainnovation in the tanka communityeditorial perspective
Health
-
esophageal cancerUltimately caused his death
Legacy
Known as a patron of the avant-garde tanka movement, he served as editor-in-chief of several literary magazines and left a significant mark on postwar Japanese literary criticism and publishing.
Archives
- National Diet Library, Japan
- Asahi Shimbun Archives
Trivia
- He became an orphan shortly after World War II when his parents died.
- Graduated from Tokyo Metropolitan Hibiya High School but declined university due to financial reasons.
- Served as editor-in-chief of magazines such as Tanka Kenkyu, Eureka, Manhunt, and Bungei.
- Authored mainly two books (1987, 2000).
- Died of esophageal cancer in 2009.