Kadokawa Tanka Award
2 appearances
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Edition 45 (1999) runner-up
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Edition 47 (2001) award
Yumio Sato
さとう ゆみお
Sato Yumio
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1964-02-15 （Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- translator, tanka poet
- Active Years
- 1990-
- Influenced By
- Akemi Iitsutsuji
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kwansei Gakuin University | Faculty of Sociology | — | — | — | Japan |
Kwansei Gakuin University
Faculty of Sociology
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Kadokawa Tanka Prize | For the Optician and the Evening | — | Kadokawa Shoten | 受賞 |
Kadokawa Tanka Prize
2001
Work:
For the Optician and the Evening
Organization:
Kadokawa Shoten
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lunatic Phenomena
1990 poetryAn early poetry collection characterized by fantastical imagery and concise personal observations.
fantasythe moonpersonal memory
Until the World Is Covered by the Sea
2001 tanka collectionHer first tanka collection presenting a poetic world where the everyday and the uncanny intersect.
everyday lifethe sealoss
For the Optician and the Evening
2006 tanka collectionA set of 50 tanka noted for its lyrical and fantastical style; it won the Kadokawa Tanka Prize.
twilightdefamiliarization of daily lifeapparitions
Thin City
2010 tanka collectionA tanka collection softly描ing urban landscapes and human relationships.
citydistanceloneliness
Mauve-Colored Rainfall
2015 tanka collectionA recent tanka collection blending vivid color imagery with a quiet sense of otherness.
colortranquilityotherworldliness
Bibliography
- Lunatic Phenomena (Chikushisha) 1990
- New Collection: Lunatic Phenomena (Chikushisha) 1991
- Acrylic Summer (Chikushisha) 2001
- Until the World Is Covered by the Sea (Chikushisha) 2001
- For the Optician and the Evening (Kadokawa Shoten) 2006
- Thin City (Chikushisha) 2010
- Singing One Hundred Tales: Strange Short Songs (Media Factory) 2012
- Mauve-Colored Rainfall (Sho-shi Kankanbo) 2015
- Co-authored: Introduction to Ghost Tanka (Media Factory) 2013
- Co-authored: Become a Child Tanka Poet! How to Make Tanka (Godo Shuppan) 2014
- Co-edited: Tanka Time Capsule (Sho-shi Kankanbo) 2018
Translations by Author
- Murder in the English Style (trans., Kokusho Kankokai) 1995
- Murder in the Basement (trans., Kokusho Kankokai) 1998
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fantasticaldelicate lyricismsymbolic imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- twilightseaglassesthin citythe uncanny
Legacy
Yumio Sato is a contemporary tanka poet and translator noted for her fantastical and lyrical style. Winning the Kadokawa Tanka Prize helped cement her reputation in the tanka community; she continues to work across poetry, tanka and translation.
Archives
- National Diet Library - holdings/related materials for Yumio Sato
Trivia
- Her spouse is writer and critic Eri Takahara.
- Began composing tanka influenced by Akemi Iitsutsuji; joined the tanka magazine 'Kaban' from 1998.
- Won the 47th Kadokawa Tanka Prize in 2001 for 'For the Optician and the Evening'.