Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 54 (2008) award
Yuki Mitsumori
みつもり ゆうき
Mitsumori Yūki
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1979-05-26 （Takarazuka, Hyōgo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Resident of Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Tanka poet, IT engineer
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Memberships
- Kyoto University Tanka-kai
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka Kyoiku University Senior High School (Ikeda Campus) | — | — | — | 1995-1998 | Japan |
| Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | — | — | 1998-2002 | Japan |
Osaka Kyoiku University Senior High School (Ikeda Campus)
Period:
1995-1998
Year of Graduation:
1998
Country:
Japan
Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters
Period:
1998-2002
Year of Graduation:
2002
Country:
Japan
Member of Kyoto University Tanka-kai
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Kadokawa Tanka Award (Runner-up) | Mizu to Fusen-shi (50 tanka) | — | Kadokawa | runner-up |
| 2008 | Kadokawa Tanka Award | Sora no Kabegami (50 tanka) | — | Kadokawa | winner |
| 2011 | Association of Contemporary Japanese Poets Award | Tanka collection 'Suzu o Umu Hibari' | — | Association of Contemporary Japanese Poets | winner |
Kadokawa Tanka Award (Runner-up)
2005
Work:
Mizu to Fusen-shi (50 tanka)
Organization:
Kadokawa
Result:
runner-up
Kadokawa Tanka Award
2008
Work:
Sora no Kabegami (50 tanka)
Organization:
Kadokawa
Result:
winner
Association of Contemporary Japanese Poets Award
2011
Work:
Tanka collection 'Suzu o Umu Hibari'
Organization:
Association of Contemporary Japanese Poets
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 55 (2011) award
Works
Major Works
Suzu o Umu Hibari
2010 Tanka collectionFirst tanka collection. Gathers poems that render everyday life and nature from an intellectual, cool perspective.
natureeveryday lifesolitude
Uzumaki Kanda-yori
2012 Tanka collection (e-book)Second collection, published as an e-book. Contains poems that incorporate computer and technical terminology.
technologylanguageurban life
The Day the Salamander Flew
2016 Tanka collectionThird collection. Contains tanka characterized by metaphor and cool observation.
memorynaturemetaphor
The Dusk of Fermi Estimation
2012 Short fictionShort story published in the magazine 'Gunzo'. Engages with scientific thinking and Fermi estimation.
reasonestimationhuman relationships
Bibliography
- Suzu o Umu Hibari (2010)
- Uzumaki Kanda-yori (2012)
- The Day the Salamander Flew (2016)
- The Dusk of Fermi Estimation (short fiction, 2012)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- intellectual, cool styleprecise imagery using metaphor
- Recurring Motifs
- nature imageryinsertion of machine/IT terminologyfragments of everyday life
Legacy
A tanka poet recognized for an intellectual, cool style. Notable for incorporating urban and technological themes into contemporary tanka.
Academic Societies
- Association of Contemporary Japanese Poets
Trivia
- Former IT company engineer; sometimes incorporates computer terms into his tanka.
- Resident of Ishigaki, Okinawa.
- Active on X (formerly Twitter) and note.