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Shunichi Niikura

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Niikura Toshikazu

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1930-01-22 （Hayama, Miura District, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan）
死没
2021-08-23 （Zushi, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan） 91歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese, English
居住地歴
Hayama, Kanagawa (birthplace) → Tokyo (work/residence) → Zushi, Kanagawa (later life)

経歴

職業
American literature scholar, translator, university professor
活動期間
1951年〜2021年
所属
Meiji Gakuin University (Professor / Professor Emeritus), Keio University Art Center (Visiting member), Japan Emily Dickinson Society (served as president), Ezra Pound Society (board member)
所属団体
Japan Emily Dickinson Society, Ezra Pound Society
影響を受けた人物
Junzaburo Nishiwaki, Ezra Pound
影響を与えた人物
Scholars of American poetry in Japan

学歴

Keio University
Faculty of Law
期間: ～1951
卒業年: 1951
国: Japan
Meiji Gakuin University (Graduate School)
国: Japan
Completed graduate studies
University of Minnesota (Fulbright scholar)
国: United States
Completed graduate studies as a Fulbright scholar

受賞歴

Josef Rogendorf Prize
2003
対象作品: The Century of Poets: Junzaburo Nishiwaki and Ezra Pound
主催: Josef Rogendorf Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Watsuji Tetsuro Cultural Prize
2004
対象作品: Biography: Junzaburo Nishiwaki
主催: Watsuji Tetsuro Cultural Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Prize (6th)
2004
対象作品: Biography: Junzaburo Nishiwaki
主催: Yamamoto Kenkichi Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Kanagawa Culture Prize
2017
主催: Kanagawa Prefecture
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Century of Poets: Junzaburo Nishiwaki and Ezra Pound

2003年 Literary study / criticism

A critical study comparing the poetic careers and intersections of Junzaburo Nishiwaki and Ezra Pound, examining reception of poetry in Japan.

poeticstranslationcomparative literature

Biography: Junzaburo Nishiwaki

2004年 Biography / literary study

A detailed biography tracing Nishiwaki Junzaburo's life and literary transformations, including archival work and new interpretations.

biographyliterary history

Emily Dickinson: Studies and Selected Poems

1962年 Literary study / translation

An early representative work compiling studies and translations of Emily Dickinson, contributing to the foundation of Dickinson studies in Japan.

translationpoetry studies

Una giornata (poetry collection)

2018年 Poetry

A late-career poetry collection reflecting decades of poetics and translation.

memorylanguage

全著作

  • Emily Dickinson: Studies and Selected Poems (1962)
  • The Structure of English Poetry (1971)
  • American Poetics: Songs of Identity (1975)
  • The Century of Poets: Junzaburo Nishiwaki and Ezra Pound (2003)
  • Biography: Junzaburo Nishiwaki (2004)
  • Una giornata (poetry collection) (2018)
  • Journey to Byzantium (poetry collection) (2021)

作家による翻訳

  • Dickinson: Collected Poems (co-translator, Shichosha, 1993)
  • Ezra Pound: Collected Poems (1993)

作品の翻訳

  • Emily Dickinson: Portrait of Absence (1989)

作風・主題

文体
scholarly and precise prosefaithful yet poetic approach to translation
頻出モチーフ
reception and translation of poetrylanguage and identity

評価・遺産

A scholar who helped establish American poetry studies in Japan through research on Emily Dickinson and Ezra Pound. He contributed significantly to reception studies, translation, and trained many scholars through his teaching.

関連学会

  • Japan Emily Dickinson Society

豆知識

  • Graduated from Keio University Faculty of Law (1951).
  • Studied at the University of Minnesota as a Fulbright scholar.
  • Died in 2021 at age 91.