Contemporary Poetry Notebook Award
1 appearances
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Edition 59 (2021) award
Shijimi Simone
しじみ シモーヌ
Shijimi Shimonu
Pen Names:
Shijimi Simone（Pen name used for poetry and public activities）
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- 1979-01-01 （Ireland）
- Nationality
- Japan, Ireland
- Languages
- Japanese, English
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Househusband
- Active Years
- 2000-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Gendai Shitecho Prize | Nanka Deteru Totemo Deteru | — | Gendai Shitecho (Shichosha) | winner |
| 2022 | Nakahara Chūya Prize | Nanka Deteru Totemo Deteru | — | Nakahara Chūya Prize Committee | nominee |
Gendai Shitecho Prize
2021
Work:
Nanka Deteru Totemo Deteru
Organization:
Gendai Shitecho (Shichosha)
Result:
winner
Nakahara Chūya Prize
2022
Work:
Nanka Deteru Totemo Deteru
Organization:
Nakahara Chūya Prize Committee
Result:
nominee
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nanka Deteru Totemo Deteru
2021 PoetryA collection of poems that depicts everyday details and bodily sensations in delicate and experimental language.
everyday lifethe bodylinguistic experimentation
Maku ni Sotte Maku o
2023 PoetryA sequence of images and fragments about membranes of language, re-examining the boundaries between inner and outer worlds.
boundarieslanguagememory
uta komedia uta
2025 PoetryAn experimental poetry collection emphasizing wordplay and phonetics. A series of works where humor and earnestness intersect.
musicalityhumorself-expression
Bibliography
- Nanka Deteru Totemo Deteru
- Maku ni Sotte Maku o
- uta komedia uta
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimental and visual poetic expressionblend of colloquial and written language
- Recurring Motifs
- the body and everyday lifeboundariesmateriality of language
Legacy
An emerging poet noted within 21st-century experimental poetry in Japan; recognition includes winning the Gendai Shitecho Prize.
Trivia
- Born in Ireland.
- Publicly noted as a househusband in addition to being a poet.
- Maintains public accounts on X (formerly Twitter) and Instagram.