Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 22 (1975) award
Sonoko Nakamura
なかむら そのこ
Nakamura Sonoko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1913-03-25 （Ōhito, Izu, Shizuoka, Japan）
- Died
- 2001-01-05 age 87
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet
- Active Years
- 1944-1996
- Affiliations
- Shuntō (Haiku group/magazine), Tsuru (magazine), Asebi (magazine), Haiku Hyoron (participated in founding)
- Influenced By
- Takajo Mitsuhashi, Mantaro Kubota, Shigenobu Takayanagi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japan Women's University | — | — | — | 中途退学 / left before graduation | Japan |
Japan Women's University
Period:
中途退学 / left before graduation
Country:
Japan
Left the university before completing a degree
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Modern Haiku Association Award | Suibyou-shikan (first haiku collection) | — | Modern Haiku Association | 受賞 |
| 1979 | Modern Haiku Women's Award | Collected Haiku of Sonoko Nakamura | — | Modern Haiku Association (Women's Award) | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Poetry and Poetics Museum Award | Ginyū | — | Poetry and Poetics Museum | 受賞 |
| 1994 | Jakko Prize | Ginyū | — | Jakko Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Modern Haiku Association Award
1975
Work:
Suibyou-shikan (first haiku collection)
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association
Result:
受賞
Modern Haiku Women's Award
1979
Work:
Collected Haiku of Sonoko Nakamura
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association (Women's Award)
Result:
受賞
Poetry and Poetics Museum Award
1994
Work:
Ginyū
Organization:
Poetry and Poetics Museum
Result:
受賞
Jakko Prize
1994
Work:
Ginyū
Organization:
Jakko Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Modern Haiku Women's Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 4 (1979) award
Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 28 (1994) award
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 9 (1994) award
Works
Major Works
Suibyō-shikan
1975 haikuFirst haiku collection; contains poems noted for their ethereal and dreamlike quality.
etherealitydreamlike imagerynature
Collected Haiku of Sonoko Nakamura
1979 haikuA collection including representative haiku; a volume summarizing her achievement as a female haiku poet.
springlife and deathflowers
Ginyū
1994 haikuPublished in 1994; a haiku collection that won the Poetry and Poetics Museum Award and the Jakko Prize.
etherealitymemorynature
Hanagakure (posthumous selection)
1996 haikuA posthumous selection published in 1996; after this publication she ceased issuing new poems.
flowersfarewellreminiscence
Hanagari
haikuOne of her haiku collections. Publication details are not specified.
flowersnature
Bibliography
- Suibyō-shikan
- Collected Haiku of Sonoko Nakamura
- Ginyū
- Hanagari
- Hanagakure
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ethereal, dreamlike imagerysymbolic and lyrical short verse
- Recurring Motifs
- flowersspringbirdsgravessilver grass
Legacy
A female haiku poet known for ethereal, dreamlike style. Winner of several major haiku awards and respected in modern haiku circles. Held a living funeral and left a posthumous collection.
Academic Societies
- Modern Haiku Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (Japan)
Quotes
-
Let my grave be a perch for spring birds.
Source: Representative haiku (collected) -
The old man says the peach will play (with him).
Source: Representative haiku (collected)
Trivia
- Left Japan Women's University before graduating.
- Lived with Shigenobu Takayanagi after his divorce but they did not formally marry.
- Held a living funeral in 1996 and treated the 1996 volume 'Hanagakure' as a posthumous selection; she did not publish new haiku after that.