H Award
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1968) award
Akio Murakami
むらかみ あきお
Murakami Akio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1927-01-05 （Daito Town, Higashi-Iwai District, Iwate Prefecture, Japan (now Daito, Ichinoseki)）
- Died
- 1968-10-11 age 41
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet, postal clerk, labor activist
- Active Years
- 1947-1968
- Influenced By
- Akihachiro Takahashi, Shiro Murano
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iwate Middle School (now Iwate High School) | — | — | — | 入学 1939年 — 卒業年不明 | Japan |
Iwate Middle School (now Iwate High School)
Period:
入学 1939年 — 卒業年不明
Country:
Japan
Attended Iwate Middle School (now Iwate High School). Mobilized as a student worker during the war.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Doi Bansui Prize (8th) | Animal Requiem | — | Doi Bansui Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1968 | H Prize (18th) | Animal Requiem | — | H Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Doi Bansui Prize (8th)
1967
Work:
Animal Requiem
Organization:
Doi Bansui Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
H Prize (18th)
1968
Work:
Animal Requiem
Organization:
H Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Animal Requiem
1967 Poetry collectionFirst poetry collection. A set of short poems that address illness and death, portraying human loneliness and pain through observations of animals and nature.
illnessdeathanimalsnatureloneliness
Bibliography
- Animal Requiem (Shichosha, 1967)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, lyrical styleintrospective treatment of illness and death
- Recurring Motifs
- animalssanatorium and wardsnatural imagerylabor
Health
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tuberculosis1950年発病 - 1968年（死去）A long battle with tuberculosis formed the background of his creative activity; he began writing poetry while hospitalized in a sanatorium.
Legacy
Recognized as a poet from Iwate Prefecture; his first collection 'Animal Requiem' won the Doi Bansui Prize and the H Prize. A monument to his poetry stands at the Morioka City Library and collected works have been published.
Museums
- Morioka City Library (Murakami Akio poem monument) Morioka, Iwate Prefecture, Japan
Academic Societies
- Iwate Poets Club
Archives
- Kolsack Publishing: Collected Works of Akio Murakami
Trivia
- His parents were reportedly uncle and niece.
- Mobilized as a student worker during WWII and worked in a factory; later served as a provincial official in Manchukuo.
- Experienced Siberian internment and, after returning to Japan, worked at a post office.
- Developed tuberculosis in 1950 and struggled with the illness thereafter.
- There is a monument to his poetry at the Morioka City Library.