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第34回（1984年） award
Hideaki Oketani
おけたに ひであき
Oketani Hideaki
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1932-02-03 （Tokyo）
- 死没
- 2025-03-27 93歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Tokyo → Kanazawa
経歴
- 職業
- literary critic, university professor, editor, translator
- 活動期間
- 1955年〜2025年
- 所属
- Toyo University, Tama Art University, Otsuma Women's University, The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature, Kenkyusha (publisher)
- 所属団体
- Director, The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature, Professor Emeritus, Toyo University
- 影響を受けた人物
- Toshiharu Ebiike, Akira Yamashiro
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitotsubashi University | Faculty of Sociology | Sociology | 学士 | 1950-1955 | Japan |
| Toyo University Keihoku Middle/High School (old system Keihoku Middle School) | — | — | — | 1946-1948 | Japan |
Hitotsubashi University
Faculty of Sociology
/ Sociology
学位:
学士
期間:
1950-1955
卒業年:
1955
国:
Japan
Initially enrolled in the Faculty of Commerce and later transferred to the Faculty of Sociology. Member of Toshiharu Ebiike's seminar.
Toyo University Keihoku Middle/High School (old system Keihoku Middle School)
期間:
1946-1948
卒業年:
1948
国:
Japan
Transferred into the old-system middle school and completed the fourth year in 1948.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize | Dostoevsky | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Arts Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education) | Yasuda Yojūrō | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Mainichi Publishing Culture Award | Showa Spirit History | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1995 | Ito Sei Literary Prize | Ito Sei | — | — | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Medal with Purple Ribbon | — | — | — | 受章 |
| 2005 | Order of the Sacred Treasure (Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon) | — | — | — | 受勲 |
Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize
1979
対象作品:
Dostoevsky
結果:
受賞
Arts Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education)
1984
対象作品:
Yasuda Yojūrō
結果:
受賞
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
1992
対象作品:
Showa Spirit History
結果:
受賞
Ito Sei Literary Prize
1995
対象作品:
Ito Sei
結果:
受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
1999
結果:
受章
Order of the Sacred Treasure (Gold Rays with Neck Ribbon)
2005
結果:
受勲
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Dostoevsky
1978年 Literary criticismA critical study analyzing the works and thought of Fyodor Dostoevsky.
Russian literaturefaith and moralityexistential inquiry
Showa Spirit History
1992年 Historical and cultural criticismAn examination of the mentalities of the Showa era from perspectives of literature and history.
Showa-era historyculture and thoughtpostwar Japanese mentality
Yasuda Yojūrō
1983年 Biographical criticismA study examining the life and thought of Yasuda Yojūrō.
romanticismmodern Japanliterary history
James Joyce
1964年 Translation / StudyAn introduction and critical study of the works of James Joyce.
modern literatureexperimental techniquestranslation studies
The Abyss of Modernity
1968年 Literary criticismA critique addressing the cultural and mental crises accompanying modernization.
modernizationcultural crisishistorical consciousness
全著作
- Art's Self-Revolution
- James Joyce
- Locality and Circumstance
- The Abyss of Modernity
- Dostoevsky
- Showa Spirit History
- Yasuda Yojūrō
- Ito Sei
作家による翻訳
- The Awakening of the East (Okakura Tenshin)
- The Book of Tea (Okakura Tenshin; English text included)
作風・主題
- 文体
- historical and comparative literary criticismemphasis on the conflict between tradition and modernityclear and logical argumentative prose
- 頻出モチーフ
- modernization and lossrelation between individual and stateintersection of literature and history
健康
-
heart failure2025年3月Died of heart failure in 2025. Public activities had decreased in his later years.
評価・遺産
One of the major voices in postwar Japanese literary criticism, he produced numerous works reevaluating Showa-era literature and thought. He influenced later scholars through university teaching and translations.
豆知識
- Entered Hitotsubashi University and transferred from the Faculty of Commerce to the Faculty of Sociology while studying.
- Worked at Kenkyusha and co-edited the literary magazines 'Tenkei' and 'Mumeiki' with Ichiro Murakami, beginning his critical activities.
- Served as a professor at Toyo University and later received the title of professor emeritus.
- Held annual New Year's gatherings with fellow critics such as Koichi Isoda and Takeo Okuno.
- Received the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1999 and the Order of the Sacred Treasure in 2005.
- In the 1990s he received major awards including the Mainichi Publishing Culture Award for 'Showa Spirit History'.