Hagiwara Sakutaro Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2008) nominee
Ben Shozu
しょうづ べん
Shozu Ben
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-09-27 （Ono, Fukui Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer
- Active Years
- 1968-
- Influenced By
- Akira Shimizu
- Nominations
- Hagihara Sakutaro Prize nominee (for 'Yūzan', 2002)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doshisha University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Sociology | — | — | Japan |
| Oakland University (Michigan) | — | — | — | 1981（客員詩人） | United States |
Doshisha University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Sociology
Country:
Japan
Co‑founded the poetry magazine 'Kubi' while at university
Oakland University (Michigan)
Period:
1981（客員詩人）
Country:
United States
Visited as a guest poet in 1981
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Sanji: Poems by Ben Shozu
1972 poetryEarly collection showing experimental poems and a sharp social sensibility.
societydeatheveryday life
Yūzan
2002 poetryA later collection mixing personal lyricism with social perspective.
naturejourneyintrospection
Warai Kawasemi
2001 poetryContains poems that mix humor and wit.
humorhuman observation
Bibliography
- Sanji: Poems by Ben Shozu (Kokubunsha, 1972)
- Futari Isshū (illustrations by Ikuyo Shibukawa, Doyobi Art Company, 1974)
- Life in the Snow Country (Horupu Publishing, 1976)
- Blue Sky (Shichosha, 1979)
- Goodnight Spoon: Poems (Shichosha, 1981)
- Collected Poems of Ben Shozu (Gendai Shibunko, Shichosha, 1982)
- Eva (Shichosha, 1983)
- Song of Death (Shichosha, 1985)
- Winter Journey (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1988)
- The Beatles: The Boys Who Shook the World (Bronze-shinsha, 1989)
- Calendar Stories (Shichosha, 1989)
- Dream Tales of Another Day: Poems (Shichosha, 1992)
- The Laughing Man (Yushorin, 1995)
- Warai Kawasemi (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2001)
- Poets' Loves: A Hundred Years of Romance, Poems of 50 (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2002)
- Yūzan (Shichosha, 2002)
- Ephemeral Love, Eternal Love: 40 Songs of Sōmon (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2003)
- Why Do People Compose Poems About Mountains? (Arts & Crafts, 2004)
- The Relaxed Man (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2005)
- Dusk Falls, the Mountain (Arts & Crafts, 2006)
- Ogata Kamenosuke: The Starving Poet's Life (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2007)
- Kappa Imosen: A Novel (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 2008)
- Serenade (Arts & Crafts, 2008)
- Mountains, Rivers, Plants, Trees (Hakusan Shobo, 2009)
- The Forgotten Haiku Poet: Kawahigashi Hekigoto (Heibonsha Shinsho, 2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- modern poetrylyrical and socially critical
- Recurring Motifs
- mountainslovedeathnature
Legacy
Ben Shozu is a Japanese poet and writer active from the late 20th century into the 21st. He is known for experimental poetry that often engages social themes. In addition to poetry he has written biographical novels and criticism; parts of his work are held in regional literary archives.
Archives
- Fukui Prefectural Hometown Literature Museum (holds related materials)
Trivia
- His daughter is reported to be film director Mayu Nakamura (article contains a red link).
- Published his first poetry collection 'Sanji' in 1972.