Hagiwara Sakutaro Award
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (2006) award
Keiji Matsumoto
まつもと けいじ
Matsumoto Keiji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1965-07-09 （Yokkaichi, Mie Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan → Fukuoka City, Fukuoka, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Film archivist, Novelist
- Active Years
- 1992-
- Nominations
- 3rd Ono Jūzaburō Award candidate (Poetry collection 'Shihen Amatime'), 6th Nakahara Chūya Award candidate (Poetry collection 'Shihen Amatime')
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaisei High School (Mie) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Letters I (left before graduation) | Faculty of Letters I | — | — | — | Japan |
Kaisei High School (Mie)
Country:
Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Letters I (left before graduation)
Faculty of Letters I
Country:
Japan
Dropped out
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize | Astronote | — | Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize Committee | winner |
| 2010 | Fukuoka City Cultural Prize | — | — | Fukuoka City | winner |
Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize
2006
Work:
Astronote
Organization:
Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Fukuoka City Cultural Prize
2010
Organization:
Fukuoka City
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
First poetry collection containing experimental and intimate imagery.
solitudememory
Published in 2001. A series of poems layering filmic imagery and poetic fragments.
filmtime
A collection of short poems that poeticize urban and industrial imagery.
cityindustry
Astronote
2006 Poetry collectionA collection of filmic and melancholic poems. Winner of the 2006 Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize.
melancholyvisualityexistence
Published in 2019. A collection that gathers poems from the author's mature period.
agingnostalgia
Recent collection focusing on aging and fragments of everyday life.
agingdaily life
Bibliography
Adaptations
- Hyakunen no Zesshō (script cooperation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- filmic and fragmentary poetic structureintimate, melancholic lyricism
- Recurring Motifs
- filmmemorythe city
Legacy
Keiji Matsumoto has worked as a film archivist while developing his poetic work, earning recognition such as the 2006 Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize. His film-informed poetic sensibility has contributed to regional literary culture.
Museums
- Maebashi Literature Museum Maebashi, Gunma, Japan
Archives
- Fukuoka City Library (involved in collection and preservation of moving-image materials)
Trivia
- He dropped out of Waseda University's Faculty of Letters I.
- He has continued his poetry while working as a film archivist at the Fukuoka City Library.
- From 2017, Koshisha published the 9-volume 'Keiji Matsumoto Selection'.