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Hidemichi Sadahisa

さだひさ ひでみち

Sadahisa Hidemichi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1957-11-07 （Edogawa, Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Edogawa, Tokyo (birthplace) → Machida (about 8 years) → Sakai (about 20 years) → Osaka Prefecture (about 5 years) → Foothills of Mount Ikoma, Nara (current)

Career

Occupations
poet
Active Years
1994-
Affiliations
Contemporary Poets' Association
Memberships
Contemporary Poets' Association

Education

Osaka Prefectural Senyo High School
Country: Japan
High school graduate (year not specified)
Osaka University of Foreign Studies
Department of English / English studies
Country: Japan
Majored in English

Awards

Nakahara Chūya Prize (candidate)
1997
Work: Real Biyori
Organization: Nakahara Chūya Prize Committee
Result: nominated
H-shi Prize
1998
Work: Collecting Air
Organization: H-shi Prize Committee
Result: winner
Takami Jun Prize
2018
Work: Gugen
Organization: Takami Jun Prize Committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

From Here to Here (Poetry Collection)

1994 poetry collection

Early collection exploring fragments of daily life and the resonance of language.

everyday lifelanguagefragments

Real Biyori

1996 poetry collection

A set of poems intersecting reality and poetic imagination. Nominated for the Nakahara Chūya Prize.

realityimaginationmemory

Collecting Air

1997 poetry collection

Poems themed on words and air, and the lightness of being. Winner of the H-shi Prize.

existenceairlanguage

The Swelling of Day

1999 poetry collection

A group of poems about the sense of daytime, exploring light and intervals.

timelightintervals

From Where Is a Stone a Person?

2001 poetry collection

Poems questioning the boundary between objects and humans, with ontological perspectives.

objects and humansontologyboundaries

Explicit and Implicit

2010 poetry collection

Poems exploring the relation between what is shown and what is suggested.

expressionimplicationrelations

Where Clouds Go

2014 poetry collection

A collection using clouds as a metaphor for shifting landscapes and memories.

memorylandscapetransience

Collected Poems of Hidemichi Sadahisa (Modern Poetry Library)

2015 collected poems

A selected collection compiling his poetic works to date.

retrospectiveselection

Gugen

2017 poetry collection

A recent work reexamining the relation between embodiment and poetry. Winner of the Takami Jun Prize.

figurationpoetryexpression

Bibliography

  • From Here to Here (Poetry Collection) — Henshu Kobo Noah (1994)
  • Real Biyori — Shichosha (1996)
  • Collecting Air — Shichosha (1997)
  • The Swelling of Day — Shichosha (1999)
  • From Where Is a Stone a Person? — Shichosha (2001)
  • Explicit and Implicit — Shichosha (2010)
  • Where Clouds Go — Shichosha (2014)
  • Collected Poems of Hidemichi Sadahisa — Modern Poetry Library, Shichosha (2015)
  • Gugen — Shichosha (2017)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
modernist expressionlyrical narration
Recurring Motifs
aircloudsstoneseveryday life

Legacy

Recognized as a significant contemporary Japanese poet, valued for works that probe everyday life and existence. A member of the Contemporary Poets' Association with multiple collections and prize wins.

Academic Societies

  • Contemporary Poets' Association

Trivia

  • Alumnus of Osaka University of Foreign Studies, Department of English
  • Nakahara Chūya Prize candidate (1997)
  • Winner of the H-shi Prize (1998)
  • Winner of the Takami Jun Prize (2018)