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Koh Nagata

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Nagata Kō

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1975-05-31 （Shiga Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Shiga Prefecture, Japan → Kyoto Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
tanka poet, biochemist, researcher, university lecturer
活動期間
1997年〜
所属
Tō (tanka society), iCeMS, Kyoto University (Kazumitsu Ueda group)
所属団体
Tō (tanka society)
影響を受けた人物
Yuko Kono, Kazuhiro Nagata

学歴

Doshisha High School
国: Japan
Kyoto University, Faculty of Agriculture
Faculty of Agriculture / Agro-chemical / Biochemistry
国: Japan
Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University
Graduate School of Agriculture / Department of Biochemistry
学位: 博士（農学）
期間: 2000–2004
卒業年: 2004
国: Japan
Doctoral dissertation: Functional analysis of ABC proteins involved in multidrug resistance and membrane lipid dynamics

受賞歴

Kadan Prize
1997
対象作品: Kaze no Hiru
主催: Kadan (Kadan Prize)
結果: 受賞
Modern Tanka Poets Association Award
2001
対象作品: Nichi-rin
主催: Modern Tanka Poets Association
結果: 受賞
Kyoto Prefecture Culture Encouragement Award
2013
主催: Kyoto Prefecture
結果: 受賞
Wakayama Bokusui Award
2023
対象作品: Ima Ni Senchi
主催: Wakayama Bokusui Award Committee
結果: 受賞
FEBS Best Young Researcher Award (symposium)
2010
主催: Federation of European Biochemical Societies (FEBS)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Nichi-rin

2000年 tanka

Her first tanka collection, depicting personal memories and everyday life in delicate poems.

familymemoryeveryday life

Days of the Northern Campus

2002年 tanka

A collection of tanka focused on university life and campus experiences.

studyyouthdaily life

Before I Knew It I Was Absent-Minded

2010年 tanka

A collection that captures subtle emotions and thoughts found in everyday life.

introspectiontimesmall scenes

Spring Microscope

2018年 tanka

A poetic tanka collection interweaving scientific perspectives and microscopic observation.

scienceobservationnature

Now Two Centimeters

2023年 tanka

A recent collection containing poems about family, everyday life, and subtle distances.

familysense of distanceeveryday life

全著作

  • 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

翻案

  • Premium Drama 'Uta no Ie – Tanka Poet Yuko Kono and Her Family' (2012, NHK BS Premium) — drama related to the family subject

作風・主題

文体
detail-oriented, realist and quiet style based on careful observationimagery and description incorporating scientific perspectives
頻出モチーフ
familymicroscopic observation (microscopic perspective)memory and everyday life

評価・遺産

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.

関連学会

  • Modern Tanka Poets Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library: materials related to Koh Nagata
  • Records in VIAF / CiNii / CiNii Research

大衆文化への影響

  • 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)

豆知識

  • 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.