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Kei Okamoto

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Okamoto Kei

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1983-01-01 (Sendai, Miyagi, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Sendai, Miyagi (birthplace) → Washington, D.C. (residence) → Kyoto Prefecture (residence) → Tokyo (resident as of 2022)

経歴

職業
Poet
活動期間
2010年〜

学歴

University of Tokyo
国: Japan

受賞歴

Gendai Shitecho Prize (52nd)
2014
主催: Gendai Shitecho
結果: 受賞
Nakahara Chuya Prize (20th)
2015
対象作品: Graffiti
主催: Nakahara Chuya Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
H Prize (65th)
2015
対象作品: Graffiti
主催: H Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize (25th)
2017
対象作品: Scenic Notes
主催: Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Graffiti

2014年 Poetry collection

First poetry collection gathering poems that use urban scenes and memory as motifs, depicting quotidian landscapes and impressions.

urban lifememorylandscape

Scenic Notes

2017年 Poetry collection

Second poetry collection exploring the relationship between perception and place; received critical acclaim.

sceneryobservationexistence

Zawameki no Naka Warai Korogeyo

2020年 Poetry collection

A 2020 collection including experimental pieces attentive to sound and the movement of language.

languagesoundthe body

全著作

  • Graffiti
  • Scenic Notes
  • Zawameki no Naka Warai Korogeyo

作風・主題

文体
lyrical, image-driven contemporary poetryexperimental attention to sound and resonance
頻出モチーフ
landscapethe citymemorysonority of language

評価・遺産

Considered one of the notable young poets since the 2010s; has won several major poetry awards and established a reputation in contemporary Japanese poetry.

豆知識

  • Began writing poetry at age 27.
  • Lived in Washington, D.C. due to his wife's academic posting.
  • Graduated from the University of Tokyo.