Etsuko Nakajima - Japanese Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Female
Born: 1961-01-01 （Fukui Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality: Japan
Languages: Japanese

Career

Occupations: poet
Affiliations: Member of the poetry magazine 'Kodachi'

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Yokohama National University	—	—	—	—	Japan

Yokohama National University

Country: Japan

Completed graduate school

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
2009	H-shi Prize	Match Seller's Counterfeit	—	H-shi Prize	winner
2015	Oguma Hideo Prize	Straw Garment	—	Oguma Hideo Prize	winner

H-shi Prize

2009

Work: Match Seller's Counterfeit

Organization: H-shi Prize

Result: winner

Oguma Hideo Prize

2015

Work: Straw Garment

Organization: Oguma Hideo Prize

Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

H Award 1 appearances

Edition 59 (2009) award

Oguma Hideo Award 1 appearances

Edition 48 (2015) award

Works

Major Works

Orange

1990 poetry collection

An early poetry collection containing poems that treat personal sensations and fragments of daily life.

everyday lifesensory perception

The Counterfeit Match-Seller

2008 poetry collection

A 2008 poetry collection that later won the H-shi Prize.

fantasyloneliness

Straw Clothes

2014 poetry collection

Published in 2014, this poetry collection won the Oguma Hideo Prize.

memorythe body

On Cipher

2019 poetry collection

A 2019 poetry collection exploring language and the notion of cipher.

languagedecipherment

Bibliography

Orange
The Counterfeit Match-Seller
Straw Clothes
On Cipher

Style & Themes

Literary Style: contemporary poetryintrospective, fragmentary expression
Recurring Motifs: memoryfragments of everyday lifeloneliness

Legacy

Recognized as a contemporary Japanese poet, Nakajima's awards such as the H-shi Prize and Oguma Hideo Prize established her reputation. She participates in poetry magazine activities and contributes to local poetic movements.

Trivia

She runs a personal blog titled 'Etsuko Nakajima's Small World'.