Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 56 (2010) award
Shizuka Omori
おおもり しずか
Omori Shizuka
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1989-05-11 （Okayama City, Okayama Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Kyoto City, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Affiliations
- Tō (tanka society), editorial committee member
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Kyoto University, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Kadokawa Tanka Prize | Garasu no koma (50 tanka) | — | Kadokawa Publishing | Winner |
| 2013 | Gendai Kajin Shūkai Prize | Tenohira o Moyasu | — | Gendai Kajin Shūkai | Winner |
| 2014 | Japan Kajin Club Newcomer Award | Tenohira o Moyasu | — | Japan Kajin Club | Winner |
| 2014 | Modern Tanka Association Prize | Tenohira o Moyasu | — | Modern Tanka Association | Winner |
| 2019 | Japan One-line Poetry Award | Camille | — | Japan One-line Poetry Award Committee | Winner |
| 2023 | Kunio Tsukamoto Prize | Hectare | — | Kunio Tsukamoto Prize Committee | Winner |
Kadokawa Tanka Prize
2010
Work:
Garasu no koma (50 tanka)
Organization:
Kadokawa Publishing
Result:
Winner
Gendai Kajin Shūkai Prize
2013
Work:
Tenohira o Moyasu
Organization:
Gendai Kajin Shūkai
Result:
Winner
Japan Kajin Club Newcomer Award
2014
Work:
Tenohira o Moyasu
Organization:
Japan Kajin Club
Result:
Winner
Modern Tanka Association Prize
2014
Work:
Tenohira o Moyasu
Organization:
Modern Tanka Association
Result:
Winner
Japan One-line Poetry Award
2019
Work:
Camille
Organization:
Japan One-line Poetry Award Committee
Result:
Winner
Kunio Tsukamoto Prize
2023
Work:
Hectare
Organization:
Kunio Tsukamoto Prize Committee
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 58 (2014) award
Japan Tanka Poets Club Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 20 (2014) award
Works
Major Works
Tenohira o Moyasu
2013 tankaDebut tanka collection. Delicate poems that capture fragments of everyday life and senses of time.
timeeveryday lifethe body
Camille
2018 tankaSecond tanka collection. Contains works combining linguistic sharpness with lyrical sensibility.
lovememorytransience
Hectare
2022 tankaThird tanka collection. Characterized by expansive imagery and poetic experimentation.
landscapemeasurementdistance
Bibliography
- Tenohira o Moyasu (tanka collection)
- Camille (tanka collection)
- Hectare (tanka collection)
- Kono yo no Iki: On the Poet Yuko Kono (essays)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental approaches within modern tankadelicate, introspective voice
- Recurring Motifs
- timethe bodymemory
Legacy
Regarded as one of the representative young tanka poets of the post‑Heisei generation; winner of multiple major tanka prizes and seen as renewing contemporary tanka expression.
Trivia
- Winner of multiple major tanka prizes (including the Kadokawa Tanka Prize); in several cases the first recipient born in the Heisei era.
- Her younger brother is Kohei Omori, a superrealist pencil artist.