Takiji Yuriko Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1985) award
Hakko Oshima
おおしま はっこう
Ooshima Hakkou
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1910-11-18 （Nishiterao Village, Sarashina District, Nagano Prefecture (now Matsushiro, Nagano City)）
- Died
- 2006-01-09 （Koganei, Tokyo, Japan (died in hospital)） age 95
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Nishiterao, Sarashina District, Nagano Prefecture (now Matsushiro, Nagano City) → Matsushiro, Nagano Prefecture (evacuated during WWII) → Shimorenjaku, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan → Koganei, Tokyo, Japan (later life)
Career
- Occupations
- poet, French literature scholar, translator
- Active Years
- 1935-2006
- Memberships
- Japanese Communist Party, Poets' Conference, Japan Democratic Literary Alliance
- Influenced By
- Arthur Rimbaud, Ryunosuke Akutagawa, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Leo Tolstoy, Anatole France, Louis Aragon, Paul Éluard
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | French Literature | 学士 | 1931-1934 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ French Literature
Degree:
学士
Period:
1931-1934
Year of Graduation:
1934
Country:
Japan
Graduation thesis on Rimbaud supervised by Yaso Saijo
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Takiji-Yuriko Prize | Those Who Love People | — | — | 受賞 |
Takiji-Yuriko Prize
1985
Work:
Those Who Love People
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Directions of Modern French Poetry
1940 literary criticism / poetry theoryAn early study discussing trends and characteristics of modern French poetry; demonstrates his early critical engagement.
French poetrypoetry criticism
Those Who Love People
1984 poetry collectionA poetry collection themed around love and human solidarity, characterized by social consciousness and deep empathy.
lovesolidaritysocial engagement
Resistance and the Poets
1981 essays / translationsA work introducing and discussing poets associated with resistance movements, serving as an introduction to French resistance poetry.
resistancewar and poetry
Collected Poems of Hakko Oshima
1986 collected poems / poetryA collected edition of his poems across many years, including major and previously uncollected works.
lovepoliticsinternationalism through translation
Bibliography
- Directions of Modern French Poetry (Yamaga-bo) 1940
- Season in Hell (Rimbaud, Shunyo-do paperback) 1938 (translation)
- Rimbaud: Collected Poems (Aoki-sha) 1947 (translation)
- Aragon and Elsa: Hymns of Resistance and Love (Toho Publishing) 1971
- Poets of the Paris Commune (Shin Nihon Publishing) 1971
- Pablo Neruda: Poet of Love and Revolution (Otsuki Shoten) 1974
- Neruda: Selected Poems (Kadokawa) 1972 (translation)
- Neruda's Last Poems: Hymn to the Chilean Revolution (Shin Nihon Publishing) 1974 (translation)
- Resistance and the Poets (Shiraishi Shoten) 1981
- Those Who Love People (Shin Nihon Publishing) 1984 (poetry)
- Collected Poems of Hakko Oshima (Seijisha) 1986
- Picasso (Shin Nihon Shinsho) 1986
- Rimbaud (Shin Nihon Shinsho) 1987
- Éluard (Shin Nihon Shinsho) 1988
- Aragon (Shin Nihon Shinsho) 1990
- Pablo Neruda (Shin Nihon Shinsho) 1996
- Winter Songs (Seiju-sha) 1991 (poetry)
- Songs of the Aged Orpheus (Houbunkan) 1995
- Phi Khahn: Sea of the East (Nichiyusha) 1997 (translation)
- Machado / Alberti: Selected Poems (Doyobi Art Publishing) 1997 (translation)
- Gaucheron: Night Watch (Koyo Publishing) 2003 (translation)
- Hakko Oshima Selected Works 1: To Teach Is to Speak of Hope (Bungei Publishing) 2007
Translations by Author
- Season in Hell (Rimbaud, translation) 1938
- Rimbaud: Collected Poems (translation) 1947
- Selected Poems of Éluard (translation) 1956
- Neruda: Selected Poems (translation) 1972
- Vietnamese Poetry: Selected (translation) 1968
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- socially and politically engaged poetrymodernist style influenced by French poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- loveresistancehuman solidaritypeace
Health
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pneumonia2006-01-09Died of pneumonia in a Tokyo hospital on 9 January 2006 at age 95.
Legacy
A poet and translator who significantly influenced postwar Japanese poetry by introducing and translating French and resistance poets. Known for socially engaged poetry and international translation activities. A memorial museum was opened in Matsushiro.
Museums
- Oshima Hakko Memorial Museum Matsushiro, Nagano City, Nagano Prefecture, Japan Opened in 2008
Archives
- Holdings at the Oshima Hakko Memorial Museum
Trivia
- Born 18 November 1910; died 9 January 2006 (aged 95)
- Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Letters, French Literature (1934)
- Joined the Japanese Communist Party in 1946
- Won the Takiji-Yuriko Prize in 1985 for the poetry collection 'Those Who Love People'
- The Oshima Hakko Memorial Museum opened in Matsushiro in 2008