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Ryosuke Nonaka

のなか りょうすけ

Nonaka Ryōsuke

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1958-03-30 (Fukuoka, Japan)
Nationality
Japanese
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
haiku poet
Active Years
1978-
Affiliations
Member of haiku magazine 'Asenoki (Masui)', Founder and editor of haiku magazine 'Kakei (Hanadori)', Selection committee member, Fukuoka City Literary Prize, Selector, Yomiuri Nishinippon Haiku Column (Yomiuri Shimbun)
Memberships
Asenoki (Masui), Haijin Association
Influenced By
Mizuhara Shuoshi

Awards

Haiku Kenkyu Prize
1995
Organization: Haiku Kenkyu
Result: winner
Fukuoka City Literary Prize
1996
Organization: Fukuoka City
Result: winner
Haijin Kyokai Rookie Prize
1997
Work: Haiku collection 'Kaze no Ki'
Organization: Haijin Association
Result: winner
Haijin Kyokai Prize
2021
Work: Haiku collection 'Tsumugi Uta'
Organization: Haijin Association
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Haiku Kokoro Asobi

1996 haiku

An introductory book on appreciating and composing haiku, containing short essays on kigo (season words) and emotional nuance.

seasonsnatureemotional states

Haiku collection 'Kaze no Ki'

1997 haiku

A collection of early haiku that delicately depict nature and the seasons.

natureseasonal feelingeveryday life

Reading Hayashi Shō's 100 Poems: Selected 100 Haiku and a Life (co-authored)

2011 criticism / haiku commentary

A co-authored critical work examining 100 haiku by Hayashi Shō, including commentary and biographical notes.

poem commentaryhaiku historycriticism

Haiku collection 'Tsumugi Uta'

2020 haiku

A recent collection demonstrating a mature style, featuring poems that weave together daily life and the seasons.

daily lifeseasonsnostalgia

Bibliography

  • Haiku Kokoro Asobi (Jitsugyo no Nihonsha, 1996)
  • Haiku collection 'Kaze no Ki' (Kadokawa, 1997)
  • Reading Hayashi Shō's 100 Poems: Selected 100 Haiku and a Life (co-authored, Iizuka Shoten, 2011)
  • Haiku collection 'Tsumugi Uta' (Furansudo, 2020)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
traditional haiku using kigo (season words)concise and lyrical expression
Recurring Motifs
seasonal imagerynatural descriptionsubtleties of everyday life

Legacy

A haiku poet from Fukuoka active for decades; contributed to regional haiku through collections and criticism. Founded and edited the haiku magazine 'Kakei (Hanadori)' and served as a selector and judge in local literary circles.

Academic Societies

  • Haijin Association

Trivia

  • Born in Fukuoka in 1958.
  • Studied under Mizuhara Shuoshi.
  • Founded and edited the haiku magazine 'Kakei (Hanadori)' in 2001.