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Minoru Nakamura

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Nakamura Minoru

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1927-01-17 （Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Lawyer, Patent attorney, Poet, Critic
活動期間
1946年〜
所属
Nakamura & Partners (patent law firm), Japan Trademark Association (former president / advisor), The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (former director, honorary director), Japan Art Academy (member, served as division head), The Second Tokyo Bar Association
所属団体
Japan Art Academy
影響を受けた人物
Osamu Dazai

学歴

University of Tokyo
Faculty of Law / Department of Law
学位: 法学士
卒業年: 1950
国: Japan

受賞歴

Takamura Kōtarō Prize
1967
対象作品: Ubara-sho
主催: Shichosha / Takamura Kōtarō Prize committee
結果: 受賞
Yomiuri Literary Prize (Poetry/Haiku)
1977
対象作品: Scenes of Flying Gnats
部門: 詩歌俳句部門
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Agency for Cultural Affairs Art Award (Minister of Education Award)
1988
対象作品: Collected Poems of Minoru Nakamura 1944–1986
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs (Japan)
結果: 受賞
Yomiuri Literary Prize (Criticism/Biography)
1992
対象作品: Ephemeral Phantoms
部門: 評論・伝記
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize
1996
対象作品: Fuhan Hyotō
主催: Fujimura Memorial Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Member of the Japan Art Academy
1998
主催: Japan Art Academy
結果: 選出
Asahi Prize
2004
対象作品: My Showa History
主催: Asahi Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Mainichi Art Award
2005
対象作品: My Showa History
主催: Mainichi Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Contemporary Poets Prize
2017
対象作品: On Words
主催: Contemporary Poets Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Person of Cultural Merit
2010
主催: Government of Japan (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
結果: 顕彰

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Ubara-sho

1967年 Poetry collection

A collection of poems centered on lyricism and memory. Winner of the Takamura Kōtarō Prize.

memorynaturelyricism

Scenes of Flying Gnats

1977年 Poetry collection

A series of short poems that keenly observe quotidian details. Winner of the Yomiuri Literary Prize.

everyday lifemomentsexistence

Collected Poems of Minoru Nakamura 1944–1986

1988年 Poetry (collected works)

A selected collection surveying decades of his poetic work. Recipient of an Agency for Cultural Affairs art award.

postwarrecollectionlanguage

My Showa History

2004年 Essays / Memoir

A memoir-essay recounting his postwar experiences and intersections with literature and culture. Awarded the Asahi Prize and Mainichi Art Award.

postwar historycultural commentaryautobiography

全著作

  • Collected Works of Minoru Nakamura (6 vols., ongoing)
  • My Showa History
  • Ubara-sho
  • Scenes of Flying Gnats
  • Collected Poems of Minoru Nakamura 1944–1986
  • Ephemeral Phantoms
  • Fuhan Hyotō
  • On Words

作風・主題

文体
lyrical style emphasizing memorycriticism marked by juridical precision
頻出モチーフ
postwarmemory and timeexploration of languagedetails of everyday life

評価・遺産

Renowned for long-standing work as a poet and critic and for documenting postwar culture through essays and memoirs. Also recognized as an intellectual property expert, nicknamed "the Nakamura of IP."

記念館・博物館

  • The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature (associated)

関連学会

  • Japan Art Academy
  • Japan Trademark Association

資料所蔵先

  • Minoru Nakamura Collection (Museum of Modern Japanese Literature)

引用

  • Words make our place to belong.
    出典: On Words (2016年)

豆知識

  • Also known as an authority on intellectual property, nicknamed "the Nakamura of IP."
  • Graduated from the University of Tokyo, Faculty of Law (1950).
  • Served as director and later honorary director of the Museum of Modern Japanese Literature.