Contemporary Poetry Notebook Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1966) award
Akira Shimizu
しみず あきら
Shimizu Akira
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1940-11-03 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2011-05-30 （Musashino, Tokyo, Japan） age 70
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo (birthplace) → Musashino, Tokyo (later life)
Career
- Occupations
- Poet, Literary critic, Haiku poet
- Active Years
- 1960-2011
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doshisha University | Faculty of Law | Department of Political Science | — | — | Japan |
Doshisha University
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Political Science
Country:
Japan
Co-founded the poetry magazine 'Kubi' while a student
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1966 | Gendai Shicho (Gendai Shi Techo) Prize (7th) | — | — | Gendai Shichō | winner |
Gendai Shicho (Gendai Shi Techo) Prize (7th)
1966
Organization:
Gendai Shichō
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nagai Nodo
1966 Poetry collectionOne of his early representative collections, combining poetic experimentation with lyricism.
memorythe cityself
No no Fune (Boat of the Field)
1974 Poetry collectionA mid-period collection focusing on the relationship between nature and humanity and existential solitude.
naturelonelinessexistence
Portrait of a Poet
1981 Essays / PoeticsA work of critical essays on poetry and poets.
poeticsliterary history
Bibliography
- Morning Racing Through Night Vision
- Nagai Nodo
- Shonen
- Morning Road
- The Ground of Poetry
- Collected Poems of Akira Shimizu
- No no Fune
- Teacher Taeko's Sea
- Wagner's Solitude
- A Hundred Years
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical yet experimental stylefrequent use of metaphor
- Recurring Motifs
- memory and timecontrast between nature and the citysolitude
Health
-
myocardial infarction2011-05-30Sudden death at home; ended his literary activity.
Legacy
A poet and critic active in the late 20th-century Japanese literary scene. He produced numerous poetry collections and contributed to literary criticism and haiku.
Trivia
- His father was fireworks researcher Takeo Shimizu.
- His elder brother was the poet Tetsuo Shimizu.
- He co-founded the poetry magazine 'Kubi' while at university.