H Award
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Edition 38 (1988) award
Akira Mashimo
ましも あきら
Mashimo Akira
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1929-03-27 （Kasukawa Village, Seta District, Gunma Prefecture (now Kasukawa, Maebashi City), Japan）
- Died
- 2019-02-13 age 89
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Kasukawa, Gunma (birthplace; operated a pig farm) → Maebashi (Kasukawa area; administrative changes)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, lyricist
- Active Years
- 1957-2019
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Work:
Morning Garden
Category:
詩
Result:
受賞
Gunma Prefecture Literary Prize (Poetry)
1975
Work:
Slaughterhouse Holiday
Category:
詩
Organization:
Gunma Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Okada Tōsui-shi Prize
1980
Work:
Pig Language
Category:
詩集
Result:
受賞
Mr. H Prize
1988
Work:
God's Night
Category:
詩集
Organization:
Japan Poets Association (related)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Pig Language
1979 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 poetry collectionA poetry collection depicting night and prayer with religious and folkloric resonances.
nightprayerfolkloric elements
To the Red River
1989 poetry collectionExplores human memory and sense of place through images of rivers and their basins.
landscapememorysense of place
Irohani Konpetto
1999 poetry collectionContains experimental poems incorporating wordplay and archaic expressions.
language playtraditional vocabulary
Ehimosesu
2012 poetry collection (private edition)A small privately published book collecting short poems and fragments.
fragmentspersonal record
Bibliography
- 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)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- plain and direct voicelyricism grounded in rural depictionhumorous and ironic perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- pigsfarmnight and prayerrivers and landscapeseveryday detail
Legacy
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.
Archives
- National Diet Library (holds related materials)
- VIAF / various library catalogs
In Popular Culture
- Remains in the region as the school song of Kasukawa Junior High School (lyrics by Mashimo, 1957)
Trivia
- 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.