Haijin Kyokai Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1967) award
Aya Shobu
しょうぶ あや
Shobu Aya
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1924-01-20 （Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan）
- Died
- 2005-03-07 age 81
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, factory worker
- Active Years
- 1947-2005
- Affiliations
- Wakaba (literary magazine), Shunrei (journal)
- Influenced By
- Kishi Fūsaburō, Tomiyasu Fūsei
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elementary school (prewar) | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Elementary school (prewar)
Country:
Japan
Graduated elementary school; later worked at Hitachi's Kameido factory.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1967 | Haiku Poets Association Prize | Roji | — | Haiku Poets Association | winner |
Haiku Poets Association Prize
1967
Work:
Roji
Organization:
Haiku Poets Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Roji
1967 haikuA collection of haiku focusing on upbringing and everyday life. Influenced by her mentor Kishi Fūsaburō's style, it offers lyrical, life-centered poems.
upbringingeveryday lifefamilynature
Aya
haikuA collection of haiku containing poems about personal memories and daily life.
memorydaily lifescenes
Tsuru no Ten
haikuOne of her haiku collections. Detailed publication information is unknown.
naturefamily
Bibliography
- Roji
- Aya
- Tsuru no Ten
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Inheritance of Kishi Fūsaburō's life-centered haiku styleConcise, lyrical depiction of upbringing and everyday life
- Recurring Motifs
- alleyswild chrysanthemumsfestival hair (matsuri hairstyle)family
Legacy
Recognized as a haiku poet who inherited the life-centered style of Kishi Fūsaburō and Tomiyasu Fūsei, she poetically depicted upbringing and everyday life. She won the Haiku Poets Association Prize for 'Roji' and later succeeded as the editor/leader of the journal Shunrei.
Archives
- National Diet Library (authority record available)
Quotes
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Born in an alley, raised in an alley — festival hair
Source: Haiku collection 'Roji' (1967) -
Picking wild chrysanthemums — in the next life I want to be doted on by my parents
Source: Haiku collection (source unspecified) (1967)
Trivia
- Worked at Hitachi's Kameido factory early in life.
- Won the 7th Haiku Poets Association Prize in 1967 for the collection 'Roji'.
- Succeeded as the editor/leader of the magazine Shunrei in 1997.