H Award
1回登壇
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第38回（1988年） award
Akira Mashimo
ましも あきら
Mashimo Akira
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1929-03-27 （Kasukawa Village, Seta District, Gunma Prefecture (now Kasukawa, Maebashi City), Japan）
- 死没
- 2019-02-13 89歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Kasukawa, Gunma (birthplace; operated a pig farm) → Maebashi (Kasukawa area; administrative changes)
経歴
- 職業
- poet, lyricist
- 活動期間
- 1957年〜2019年
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | Jomo Literary Prize | Morning Garden | 詩 | — | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Gunma Prefecture Literary Prize (Poetry) | Slaughterhouse Holiday | 詩 | Gunma Prefecture | 受賞 |
| 1980 | Okada Tōsui-shi Prize | Pig Language | 詩集 | — | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Mr. H Prize | God's Night | 詩集 | Japan Poets Association (related) | 受賞 |
Jomo Literary Prize
1970
対象作品:
Morning Garden
部門:
詩
結果:
受賞
Gunma Prefecture Literary Prize (Poetry)
1975
対象作品:
Slaughterhouse Holiday
部門:
詩
主催:
Gunma Prefecture
結果:
受賞
Okada Tōsui-shi Prize
1980
対象作品:
Pig Language
部門:
詩集
結果:
受賞
Mr. H Prize
1988
対象作品:
God's Night
部門:
詩集
主催:
Japan Poets Association (related)
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Pig Language
1979年 poetry collectionA collection of poems that questions humanity and society through the daily life of a pig farm and the viewpoint of pigs.
rural lifeanimal perspectivesocial critique
God's Night
1987年 poetry collectionA poetry collection depicting night and prayer with religious and folkloric resonances.
nightprayerfolkloric elements
To the Red River
1989年 poetry collectionExplores human memory and sense of place through images of rivers and their basins.
landscapememorysense of place
Irohani Konpetto
1999年 poetry collectionContains experimental poems incorporating wordplay and archaic expressions.
language playtraditional vocabulary
Ehimosesu
2012年 poetry collection (private edition)A small privately published book collecting short poems and fragments.
fragmentspersonal record
全著作
- Pig Language (private edition)
- Pig Language (Shiensha, reissue)
- God's Night (Shiensha)
- To the Red River (Chisekisha)
- Irohani Konpetto (Shiensha)
- Ehimosesu (private copy edition)
- Ehimosesu (Haruna Mahoroba Publishing)
作風・主題
- 文体
- plain and direct voicelyricism grounded in rural depictionhumorous and ironic perspective
- 頻出モチーフ
- pigsfarmnight and prayerrivers and landscapeseveryday detail
評価・遺産
Akira Mashimo is known for poetry that questions society and humanity through life on a pig farm and the viewpoint of animals. He was an important regional poet in Gunma's literary history, with many private editions and contributions to local literary magazines and cultural journals.
資料所蔵先
- National Diet Library (holds related materials)
- VIAF / various library catalogs
大衆文化への影響
- Remains in the region as the school song of Kasukawa Junior High School (lyrics by Mashimo, 1957)
豆知識
- Wrote the lyrics for Kasukawa Junior High School's school song in 1957.
- Operated a pig farm while writing poetry.
- Many of his poetry collections were published privately or in literary dōjinshi.