Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1958) award
Mesaku Chichibu
めさく ちちぶ
Mesaku Chichibu
Pen Names:
Mesaku Chichibu（Haiku pen name (legal name Fumio)）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1916-03-24 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
- Died
- 1963-03-18 age 46
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, poet
- Active Years
- 1946-1963
- Influenced By
- Rinka Ohno
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Prefectural Commercial and Industrial Training School (now Kanagawa Prefectural Shoko High School) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Prefectural Commercial and Industrial Training School (now Kanagawa Prefectural Shoko High School)
Country:
Japan
Graduated from predecessor of Kanagawa Prefectural Shoko High School
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Gendai Haiku Association Award | Haiku collection 'Snow Infinite' | — | Gendai Haiku Association | winner |
Gendai Haiku Association Award
1958
Work:
Haiku collection 'Snow Infinite'
Organization:
Gendai Haiku Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Snow Infinite
1958 Haiku collectionA haiku collection composed amid tuberculosis and poverty. Includes representative verses such as '狂へるは世かはたわれか雪無限' ('Is the world mad or am I? Snow infinite'). The collection won the 7th Gendai Haiku Association Award in 1958.
tuberculosispovertylonelinesssnowmadness
Translations
- English translation 'Snow Infinite'
Bibliography
- Snow Infinite (haiku collection)
Translations of Works
- Snow Infinite — English translation
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise and direct expressionrealistic haiku style that candidly portrays illness and poverty
- Recurring Motifs
- snowillnesspovertylonelinessmadness
Health
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tuberculosis1949-1963Contracted tuberculosis in 1949 and was repeatedly hospitalized thereafter. Illness strongly influenced his poetry, which often treats suffering, poverty, and death. Died in 1963 from suffocation due to hemoptysis.
Legacy
As a 20th-century Japanese haiku poet, he is known for his stark style rooted in tuberculosis and poverty. His collection 'Snow Infinite' won the Gendai Haiku Association Award, leaving notable examples of haiku that depict suffering.
Academic Societies
- Gendai Haiku Association
Archives
- Gendai Haiku Database (collection of Mesaku Chichibu's haiku)
Quotes
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Is the world mad or am I? Snow infinite.
Source: Haiku collection 'Snow Infinite' (1958)
Trivia
- Legal name was Fumio.
- Joined Showa Tokushu Seiko in 1941 and left after a labor dispute in 1946.
- Cause of death reported as suffocation due to hemoptysis.