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Kenichi Sasou

さそう けんいち

Sasou Kenichi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1968-05-04 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
poet, writer, editor
活動期間
1997年〜
所属
Bunka Kikaku Aosagi (Cultural Project Aosagi), Japan Poets Club
所属団体
Japan Poets Club, Japan Modern Poets Association, Japan Writers' Association, Poets' Conference, Yokohama Poets Association, Oguma Hideo Association

学歴

Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics
School of Political Science and Economics
期間: 1986-1990
卒業年: 1990
国: Japan

受賞歴

Oguma Hideo Prize
2003
対象作品: Love — Poems of the Gomafu Seal
主催: Oguma Hideo Prize Committee
結果: winner
Japan Poetry, Haiku, Essay and Criticism Grand Prize (Poetry Division Special Prize)
2023
対象作品: Suspense
主催: Japan Poetry, Haiku, Essay and Criticism Grand Prize Committee
結果: winner (special prize)

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Empathy

1997年 poetry

An early collection focusing on empathy and dialogue.

empathydialogue

Dialogue

1999年 poetry

A collection depicting human relationships and the exchange of words.

relationshipslanguage

Love — Poems of the Gomafu Seal

2002年 poetry

Poems themed on animals, nature, and love. Winner of the Oguma Hideo Prize.

natureloveanimals

The Eternal Migrant

2005年 poetry

Poems exploring movement and the passage of time.

movementtime

Star of the Heart

2008年 poetry

A collection of poems that symbolically portray inner life and sensations.

interioritysensation

Port

2010年 poetry

Poems portraying intersections of people and landscapes around a port.

portlandscapepeople

Harbor of the Era

2012年 poetry/essays

Works questioning the relationship between era and poetry.

perioditypoetics

Forest's Wave Sound

2015年 poetry

A poetry collection themed on the sounds of the forest and nature.

forestnaturesound

Mori

2018年 poetry

A volume collecting shorter poems.

forestshort poems

Kenichi Sasou: Selected Poems 1983–2018

2019年 poetry (collected)

A representative collection compiling poems from 1983 to 2018.

retrospectiveselected poems

Suspense

2022年 poetry

A recent poetry collection depicting tension and urban landscapes.

tensionurbanity

全著作

  • Empathy
  • Dialogue
  • Love — Poems of the Gomafu Seal
  • The Eternal Migrant
  • Star of the Heart
  • Port
  • Harbor of the Era
  • Forest's Wave Sound
  • Mori
  • Kenichi Sasou: Selected Poems 1983–2018
  • Suspense
  • Scales of Pain, Colors of Healing
  • Harbors of 21st-Century Poetic Thought
  • Ballad Time — There Is Poetry in This World
  • Living and the Heart of Poetry

作風・主題

文体
concise, symbolic expressionlyrical poetry incorporating everyday life and nature
頻出モチーフ
portsforeststimeinteriority

評価・遺産

A poet and editor active in contemporary Japanese poetry scenes. He has served in leadership roles in regional and national poetry organizations and contributed to poetry dissemination and editorial work.

関連学会

  • Japan Poets Club
  • Japan Modern Poets Association
  • Japan Writers' Association

大衆文化への影響

  • Appeared on NHK Radio Shinyabin program 'Words for Tomorrow' (2018)
  • Appeared on TV Kanagawa 'Ii Koto!' program segment (2022)

豆知識

  • Born in Yokohama.
  • Graduated from Waseda University, School of Political Science and Economics.
  • As an editor, he is reported to have worked on approximately 200 literary books.
  • Won the 36th Oguma Hideo Prize in 2003 for 'Love — Poems of the Gomafu Seal'.
  • Won the special poetry prize of the 19th Japan Poetry/Haiku/Essay/Criticism Grand Prize in 2023 for 'Suspense'.
  • Has served as chair/leader of organizations such as the Japan Poets Club and the Yokohama Poets Association.