Chōkū Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1984) award
Shimada Shuji
しまだ しゅうじ
Shimada Shūji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1928-08-19 （Otsu, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan）
- Died
- 2004-09-12 （Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan (home)） age 76
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, literary critic
- Active Years
- 1948-2004
- Influenced By
- Miya Shuji, Kitahara Hakushu
- Influenced
- Okamoto Masaru (Okamoto Katsu)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shizuoka High School (old system) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of Sociology | — | — | Japan |
Shizuoka High School (old system)
Country:
Japan
Attended the old-system Shizuoka High School
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Sociology
Country:
Japan
Graduated from the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Letters, University of Tokyo
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Choko Prize | Nagisa no Hibi | — | — | Winner |
| 1996 | Shika Bungakukan Prize | Sōmoku Kokudo | — | — | Winner |
| 2001 | Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Prize | Kōro (Gyoro / Journey) | — | — | Winner |
Choko Prize
1984
Work:
Nagisa no Hibi
Result:
Winner
Shika Bungakukan Prize
1996
Work:
Sōmoku Kokudo
Result:
Winner
Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Prize
2001
Work:
Kōro (Gyoro / Journey)
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 11 (1996) award
Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 1 (2001) tanka category
Works
Major Works
Fireworks Star
1963 tankaDebut tanka collection containing early poems that show his emerging style.
natureyoutheveryday scenes
Nagisa no Hibi (Days of the Shore)
1983 tankaA collection blending social perspective and lyricism. Winner of the 18th Choko Prize.
social versesorrow and joynostalgia
Sōmoku Kokudo (Plants, Trees, and the Land)
1995 tankaWorks addressing the relationship between nature and humans and family issues. Winner of the Shika Bungakukan Prize.
naturefamilylife and death
Kōro (Journey)
2000 tankaA tanka collection reflecting on life's journey, aging, and familial suffering. Winner of the Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Prize.
agingfamilylife's journey
Bibliography
- Fireworks Star
- Aonatsu
- Fuyune (Winter Sound)
- Shimada Shuji Collected Poems (Kokubunsha)
- Nagisa no Hibi (Days of the Shore)
- Tōkoku Tasogare (Eastern Twilight)
- Shimada Shuji Collected Poems (Tanka Kenkyu Bunko)
- Shunjū-chō
- Sōmoku Kokudo (Plants, Trees, and the Land)
- Asa no Kaidan (Morning Stairs)
- Kōro: Shimada Shuji Collected Poems
- Miya Shuji (Tanka Series: People and Works)
- Songs of Miya Shuji
- Workplace: A Tanka Reader
- Kitahara Hakushu
- Introduction to Modern Tanka
- Space of Lyricism: Essays by Shimada Shuji
- Getting Familiar with Tanka: NHK Tanka Introduction
- Reading Showa-era Tanka
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical style combined with social perspectiveconcise and clear expression
- Recurring Motifs
- sorrow and joyfamily and parental anguishnature and nostalgiamemories of war
Legacy
Regarded as a "new intellectual" tanka poet who combined social perspective and lyricism. He influenced the tanka world, served as a selector for Asahi Kadan and the Imperial New Year's Poetry Reading, and won several literary prizes.
Trivia
- His younger brother is painter and Person of Cultural Merit Shimada Shōzō.
- He witnessed the Hiroshima atomic bombing while attending the Naval Academy.
- He died at home and was discovered three days later.