Kadan Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1997) award
Koh Nagata
ながた こう
Nagata Kō
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1975-05-31 （Shiga Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Shiga Prefecture, Japan → Kyoto Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, biochemist, researcher, university lecturer
- Active Years
- 1997-
- Affiliations
- Tō (tanka society), iCeMS, Kyoto University (Kazumitsu Ueda group)
- Memberships
- Tō (tanka society)
- Influenced By
- Yuko Kono, Kazuhiro Nagata
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doshisha High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Kyoto University, Faculty of Agriculture | Faculty of Agriculture | Agro-chemical / Biochemistry | — | — | Japan |
| Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University | Graduate School of Agriculture | Department of Biochemistry | 博士（農学） | 2000–2004 | Japan |
Doshisha High School
Country:
Japan
Kyoto University, Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Agriculture
/ Agro-chemical / Biochemistry
Country:
Japan
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Graduate School of Agriculture
/ Department of Biochemistry
Degree:
博士（農学）
Period:
2000–2004
Year of Graduation:
2004
Country:
Japan
Doctoral dissertation: Functional analysis of ABC proteins involved in multidrug resistance and membrane lipid dynamics
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Kadan Prize | Kaze no Hiru | — | Kadan (Kadan Prize) | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Modern Tanka Poets Association Award | Nichi-rin | — | Modern Tanka Poets Association | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Kyoto Prefecture Culture Encouragement Award | — | — | Kyoto Prefecture | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Wakayama Bokusui Award | Ima Ni Senchi | — | Wakayama Bokusui Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2010 | FEBS Best Young Researcher Award (symposium) | — | — | Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS) | 受賞 |
Kadan Prize
1997
Work:
Kaze no Hiru
Organization:
Kadan (Kadan Prize)
Result:
受賞
Modern Tanka Poets Association Award
2001
Work:
Nichi-rin
Organization:
Modern Tanka Poets Association
Result:
受賞
Kyoto Prefecture Culture Encouragement Award
2013
Organization:
Kyoto Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Wakayama Bokusui Award
2023
Work:
Ima Ni Senchi
Organization:
Wakayama Bokusui Award Committee
Result:
受賞
FEBS Best Young Researcher Award (symposium)
2010
Organization:
Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 45 (2001) award
Wakayama Bokusui Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 28 (2023) award
Works
Major Works
Nichi-rin
2000 tankaHer first tanka collection, depicting personal memories and everyday life in delicate poems.
familymemoryeveryday life
Days of the Northern Campus
2002 tankaA collection of tanka focused on university life and campus experiences.
studyyouthdaily life
Before I Knew It I Was Absent-Minded
2010 tankaA collection that captures subtle emotions and thoughts found in everyday life.
introspectiontimesmall scenes
Spring Microscope
2018 tankaA poetic tanka collection interweaving scientific perspectives and microscopic observation.
scienceobservationnature
Now Two Centimeters
2023 tankaA recent collection containing poems about family, everyday life, and subtle distances.
familysense of distanceeveryday life
Bibliography
- First tanka collection 'Nichi-rin' (Sunagoya Shobo), 2000
- Second tanka collection 'Days of the Northern Campus' (Hon'ami Shoten), 2002
- 'Contemporary Tanka Frontline: New Resonance Ten' (Hokumeisha), 2007
- Third tanka collection 'Before I Knew It I Was Absent-Minded' (Kadokawa Gakugei), 2010
- 'Songs of Family: 344 Days Watching Yuko Kono's Death' (co-authored) (Sankei Shimbun Publishing), 2011; Bunshun Bunko 2014
- Fourth tanka collection 'Spring Microscope' (Seijisha), 2018
- Fifth tanka collection 'Now Two Centimeters' (Sunagoya Shobo / Tō 21st Century Series), 2023
Adaptations
- Premium Drama 'Uta no Ie – Tanka Poet Yuko Kono and Her Family' (2012, NHK BS Premium) — drama related to the family subject
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- detail-oriented, realist and quiet style based on careful observationimagery and description incorporating scientific perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- familymicroscopic observation (microscopic perspective)memory and everyday life
Legacy
Recognized as a writer who combines a scientific researcher's perspective with a poet's delicate sensibility. Her explorations of family and everyday themes have earned attention, including major literary awards in recent years.
Academic Societies
- Modern Tanka Poets Association
Archives
- National Diet Library: materials related to Koh Nagata
- Records in VIAF / CiNii / CiNii Research
In Popular Culture
- Appeared in NHK documentary 'ETV Special: The Breath of This World — Tanka Poet Couple: 40 Years of Songs' (2011)
- Related to the subject matter of the premium drama 'Uta no Ie – Tanka Poet Yuko Kono and Her Family' (2012)
Trivia
- Comes from a family of tanka poets; both parents (Kazuhiro Nagata, Yuko Kono) and an elder brother (Atsushi Nagata) are tanka poets.
- Joined the tanka society 'Tō' run by her father at age 13.
- Holds a Ph.D. in agriculture/biochemistry and pursues dual careers as a researcher and a tanka poet.