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Noboru So

そう のぼる

Sou Noboru

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1931-09-05
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Ota, Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
poet, teacher
活動期間
1950年〜

学歴

Waseda University
Faculty of Letters / Department of English
期間: 1949-1953
卒業年: 1953
国: Japan

受賞歴

Japan Poets Club Prize
1991
対象作品: Kunizakai no Uta
主催: Japan Poets Club
結果: winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Tamafuri no Uta

1963年 poetry

A poetry collection that includes poems mourning his wife. One of his early notable works, with commentary by Koichi Kihara.

lossgriefmemory

Kunizakai no Uta

1990年 poetry

A poetry collection themed around borders and boundaries. It won the 24th Japan Poets Club Prize in 1991.

bordershomelandhistory

Fukei Okuri Uta

2001年 poetry

A collection of poems dealing with landscapes and recollections.

landscapememory

Kioku no Minawa

2007年 poetry

Contains works themed on the discovery of items belonging to his missing wife in the mountains decades after her disappearance; revisits memory across half a century.

memoryreconnectionloss

Toge

2013年 poetry

A later poetry collection portraying life’s passes and turning points in poetic form.

life milestonesnature

全著作

  • Tamafuri no Uta
  • Kunizakai no Uta
  • Fukei Okuri Uta
  • Kioku no Minawa
  • Toge

作風・主題

文体
lyricpersonal poetryreflective narrativity
頻出モチーフ
lossmemoryhomelandborders

評価・遺産

A postwar Japanese poet known for works centered on personal loss, memory, and themes of borders and homeland. Recognized with the Japan Poets Club Prize in 1991.

豆知識

  • Born with the family name Suzuki; took the surname So after marriage.
  • In 1956 his wife, Masae, disappeared and is believed to have died by suicide; this influenced works such as Tamafuri no Uta and later Kioku no Minawa.
  • Tamafuri no Uta was a candidate for the 14th H-operator Prize in 1964.