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Sawako Nakagawa

なかがわ さわこ

Nakagawa Sawako

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1954-11-05 （Nishinomiya, Hyogo, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Nishinomiya, Hyogo (birthplace) → Ashiya (grew up) → Setagaya, Tokyo (moved during youth) → Yokohama, Kanagawa (residence)

経歴

職業
tanka poet, editor (selection committee), tanka instructor
活動期間
1984年〜
所属団体
Selector and editorial committee member of the tanka magazine 'Mirai', Member of Yokohama Tanka Association, Member of Kanagawa Tanka Association
影響を受けた人物
Aiko Kono
影響を与えた人物
Contemporary and younger tanka poets

学歴

Waseda University, Faculty of Letters (First)
Faculty of Letters (First) / Department of Japanese Literature
国: Japan

受賞歴

Asahi Kadan Prize
1989
対象作品: (tanka on the Tiananmen Square incident)
主催: The Asahi Shimbun Company
結果: 受賞
Kadokawa Tanka Award
1992
対象作品: Natsukodachi (50 tanka)
主催: Kadokawa Publishing
結果: 受賞
Kono Aiko Prize
2000
対象作品: Kono Aiko Ron (essay collection)
主催: Kono Aiko Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Nagarami Shobo Publishing Prize
2014
対象作品: If I Place a Mirror in the Spring Field (5th tanka collection)
主催: Nagarami Shobo
結果: 受賞
Kanagawa Tanka Association Excellent Collection Award
2018
対象作品: Because It's a Flowering Peach Tree (6th tanka collection)
主催: Kanagawa Tanka Association
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Chair Facing the Sea

1993年 tanka (poetry)

First tanka collection. Poems that combine everyday observation with a sharp self-awareness.

daily lifeself-awarenessmemory

Tabletop Time

1999年 tanka (poetry)

A collection focusing on close observations of everyday details.

mundane detailstime

Cinnabar-Colored Years

2003年 tanka (poetry)

A mature perspective on the marks life leaves, expressed in tanka.

maturitytimememory

Mutekibashi (Foghorn Bridge)

2007年 tanka (poetry)

A collection depicting folds of emotion using landscape and memory as clues.

landscapememoryemotion

If I Place a Mirror in the Spring Field

2013年 tanka (poetry)

Fifth collection. Characterized by delicate perspectives on nature, self, and others.

natureselfothers

Because It's a Flowering Peach Tree

2017年 tanka (poetry)

Sixth collection. Poems that weave seasonal sensibility with everyday life.

seasonalityeveryday lifenature

全著作

  • Chair Facing the Sea (1993, Kadokawa)
  • Tabletop Time (1999, Kadokawa)
  • Cinnabar-Colored Years (2003, Sunagoya Shobo)
  • Mutekibashi (2007, Kadokawa Tanka Series)
  • If I Place a Mirror in the Spring Field (2013, Nagarami Shobo)
  • Because It's a Flowering Peach Tree (2017, Kadokawa)
  • Collected Works of Sawako Nakagawa (Selection, 2004, Ubinorin)
  • Sawako Nakagawa Tanka Collection (Modern Tanka Library, 2010, Sunagoya Shobo)
  • Kono Aiko Ron (Essays, 1999, Sunagoya Shobo)
  • 30-Day Drill-Style: Beginner-Friendly Tanka Practice Book (2016)

作風・主題

文体
concise, observant stylesharp interventions of self-awareness
頻出モチーフ
mundane detailsmemoryseasonalitydeath and loss

評価・遺産

Sawako Nakagawa is known for her assured tanka composition and observational acuity. She has contributed as a selector, editorial committee member, and instructor, receiving multiple awards and mentoring younger poets.

関連学会

  • Yokohama Tanka Association
  • Kanagawa Tanka Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library bibliographic record
  • VIAF author identifier

豆知識

  • Born November 5, 1954, in Nishinomiya, Hyogo.
  • Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Letters (Japanese Literature).
  • Joined the tanka magazine 'Mirai' in 1984 and studied under Aiko Kono.
  • Served as a full-time instructor for NHK Gakuen tanka courses.