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Nobunari Mizushita

みずした のぶなり

Mizushita Nobunari

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1984-01-01 (Machida, Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Resident of Kuki, Saitama, Japan

Career

Occupations
poet
Nominations
24th Nakahara Chuya Prize (nominee, 2019)

Education

Saitama Prefectural Kitamoto High School
Country: Japan
Graduated from high school

Awards

Gendai-shi Techo Prize
2018
Organization: Gendai-shi Techo (journal)
Result: winner
H-shi Prize
2019
Work: On Forgetting
Organization: H-shi Prize Committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

On Forgetting

2018 poetry collection

A poetry collection centered on memory and loss, characterized by delicate depictions of fragments of contemporary life.

memorylossurban life

Bibliography

  • On Forgetting (Shichosha, 2018)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
contemporary poetrylyricalexperimental elements
Recurring Motifs
forgettingurban fragmentspersonal loss

Legacy

As a young poet in 21st-century Japan, he is noted for poems addressing memory and loss. Though bibliographically limited, his collection On Forgetting has received critical attention.

Trivia

  • Born in 1984.
  • From Machida, Tokyo.
  • Reportedly residing in Kuki, Saitama.
  • Published the poetry collection On Forgetting in 2018.
  • Won the H-shi Prize in 2019 and was a nominee for the Nakahara Chuya Prize the same year.