Contemporary Poet Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1992) award
Minoru Oki
おおき みのる
Ooki Minoru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1913-12-10 （Honjo, Tokyo (now Sumida-ku, Tokyo), Japan）
- Died
- 1996-04-17 （Japan） age 82
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo (Honjo, now Sumida-ku) → Omiya, Saitama (now Saitama City)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet
- Active Years
- 1942-1996
- Influenced By
- Hakushu Kitahara, Yaso Saijo, Haruo Sato, Saisei Murou, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Charles-Louis Philippe
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Denki University (then: Electrical School) | — | — | — | 在学（中退） | Japan |
Tokyo Denki University (then: Electrical School)
Period:
在学（中退）
Country:
Japan
Enrolled but dropped out
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Gendai Shijin-sho (Modern Poet Prize, 10th) | Shiba no Kido | — | — | Winner |
Gendai Shijin-sho (Modern Poet Prize, 10th)
1992
Work:
Shiba no Kido
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Basmatsu no Ko
1939 Poetry collectionEarly collection portraying peripheral urban life and scenes from childhood.
childhoodurban peripheryloss
Yane
1941 Poetry collectionContains poems written during wartime period.
wartimehomememory
Furusato
1943 Poetry collectionCollects poems dealing with nostalgia and sense of belonging.
nostalgiabelongingmemory
Amanogawa
1957 Poetry collectionA collection that weaves natural and cosmic imagery.
naturecosmossolitude
Fuyu no Shitaku
1971 Poetry collectionPoems themed around seasonal feeling and life's preparations.
seasonspreparationmaturity
Shiba no Kido
1992 Poetry collectionWork noted for its itinerant, nostalgic sensibility; recipient of the Modern Poet Prize.
nostalgiajourneylife
Bibliography
- Basmatsu no Ko (1939)
- Yane (1941)
- Furusato (1943)
- Amanogawa (1957)
- Fuyu no Shitaku (1971)
- Shiba no Kido (1992)
- The Poet's Path
- Let's Write Poems
- Collected Poems of Minoru Oki (Shichosha, 1989)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical style with an itinerant, nostalgic sensibilitySimple and restrained expression
- Recurring Motifs
- homejourneyloss
Legacy
Known for poetry rooted in childhood loss and a sense of journey; he earned recognition in the latter half of the 20th-century Japanese poetic scene, consistently portraying nostalgia and fragments of life across multiple collections.
Trivia
- Lost his biological mother to illness in childhood and lost a stepmother and siblings in the Great Kanto Earthquake, growing up under difficult circumstances.
- Enrolled at Tokyo Denki University (then an electrical school) but dropped out.
- Was a member of the literary magazine 'Shiki' from 1967 to 1975.