Hagiwara Sakutaro Award
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Edition 26 (2018) award
Michiyo Nakamoto
なかもと みちよ
Nakamoto Michiyo
Aliases:
河辺（本姓） / 河辺道代
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1949-11-15 （Saeki District, Hiroshima Prefecture (now Saeki Ward, Hiroshima City), Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet
- Affiliations
- Ultra Bards (circle), Orange (circle)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoto University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Philosophy (Aesthetics and Art History) | — | — | Japan |
Kyoto University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Philosophy (Aesthetics and Art History)
Country:
Japan
Graduated from the Department of Philosophy, majoring in Aesthetics and Art History.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | La Mer Newcomer Prize (2nd) | "Bad Time"; "Egg-Splitting" | — | Shichosha (La Mer) | winner |
| 2009 | Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize (18th) | Flower and the King of Death | — | Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize Committee | winner |
| 2018 | Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize (26th) | The Kiss | — | Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize Committee | winner |
La Mer Newcomer Prize (2nd)
1985
Work:
"Bad Time"; "Egg-Splitting"
Organization:
Shichosha (La Mer)
Result:
winner
Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize (18th)
2009
Work:
Flower and the King of Death
Organization:
Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize (26th)
2018
Work:
The Kiss
Organization:
Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Vacant House in Spring
1982 poetry
seasonssolitude
The First Sunday of April
1986 poetry
everyday lifememory
Milky May
1988 poetry
imagerysensation
Vernal Equinox
1994 poetry
transitionnature
The Zodiac and the Chrysalis
1999 poetry
transformationtime
Dreams of a Vacant House
2004 poetry
memoryspace
Flower and the King of Death
2008 poetryA collection themed around flowers and death, exploring life and mortality through lyrical poems.
deathflowersexistence
Collected Poems of Michiyo Nakamoto
2012 poetryA collected volume of representative poems (included in a modern poetry library series).
overviewretrospective
The Kiss
2018 poetryA recent collection addressing poetic imagery, corporeality, and relationships. Winner of the Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize.
bodyrelationshipsintimacy
Bibliography
- Vacant House in Spring (Shigakusha, 1982)
- The First Sunday of April (Shichosha, 1986)
- Milky May (Shichosha, 1988)
- Vernal Equinox (Shichosha, 1994)
- The Zodiac and the Chrysalis (Shichosha, 1999)
- Dreams of a Vacant House (Daniel-sha, 2004)
- Flower and the King of Death (Shichosha, 2008)
- Collected Poems of Michiyo Nakamoto (Shichosha, Modern Poetry Library, 2012)
- The Kiss (Shichosha, 2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise poetic dictionsymbolic imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- deathflowersvacant houses
Legacy
Michiyo Nakamoto is a contemporary Japanese poet active since the 1980s, recognized with several major poetry awards. Known for symbolic imagery and concise poetic language, she holds a respected position in contemporary Japanese poetry.
Trivia
- Her birth surname is Kawabe.
- She participated in literary circles "Ultra Bards" and "Orange".
- She won the La Mer Newcomer Prize (2nd, 1985), the Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize (2009), and the Hagiwara Sakutarō Prize (2018).