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So Sakon

そう さこん

Sō Sakon

ペンネーム: So Sakon（Pen name used in postwar poetry; derived from a personal exclamation that inspired the name.）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1919-05-01 （Tobata Town, Onga District, Fukuoka, Japan (now Tobata Ward, Kitakyushu)）
死没
2006-06-20 （Tokyo, Japan (hospital)） 87歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tobata, Fukuoka — birthplace and childhood → Tokyo — student years and professional activity → Ichikawa, Chiba — later-life residence (honorary citizen)

経歴

職業
Poet, Critic, Translator, French literature scholar, Lyricist, University professor
活動期間
1940年〜2006年
所属
Hosei University (Professor Emeritus), Showa Women's University (Professor), Contributor to the literary magazine 'Dōjidai'
影響を受けた人物
French Symbolist poetry, Shinpei Kusano

学歴

First Higher School (old system)
国: Japan
Tokyo Imperial University (University of Tokyo)
Department of Philosophy / Department of Philosophy
期間: 1942 -
国: Japan
Entered in 1942. Exact graduation year not clearly stated in provided sources.

受賞歴

Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize (6th)
1968
対象作品: Long poem collection 'Moeru Haha' (Burning Mother)
主催: Rekitei / Fujimura Memorial
結果: 受賞
Poetry Museum Prize (10th)
1994
対象作品: Poetry collection 'Wisteria Flowers'
主催: Poetry Museum
結果: 受賞
Kenji Prize (11th)
1996
対象作品: The Mystery of Kenji Miyazawa
主催: Kenji Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Cikada Prize
2004
主催: Sweden (Cikada Prize Organization)
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Black Glasses

1959年 Poetry collection

Debut poetry collection containing early symbolist-influenced poems.

selfgazememory

Long Poem: Burning Mother

1967年 Poetry collection (long poem)

A long poem centered on the author's experience of losing his mother in the Tokyo air raids; themes of guilt, atonement, and maternal love.

motherguiltwar experience

Wisteria Flowers

1994年 Poetry collection

One of his late collections; poems reflecting nature and an interest in ancient Japan.

natureJomonnostalgia

Jōmon

1978年 Poetry collection

A collection reflecting his attachment to Jōmon culture, showing an aesthetic view of Jōmon pottery and figurines.

Jōmonantiquityart appreciation

全著作

  • Black Glasses (1959)
  • Kappa (1964)
  • Long Poem: Burning Mother (1967)
  • Jōmon (1978)
  • Wisteria Flowers (1994)

作風・主題

文体
Symbolist and metaphorical expressions influenced by French symbolismLyrical and confessional voice
頻出モチーフ
motherfireJōmon / ancient artifactsnaturewar and memory

健康

  • Hospitalization
    2006年春 - 2006年6月
    Died in June 2006 in a Tokyo hospital

評価・遺産

One of postwar Japan's notable poets, translators and critics. Known for poems rooted in wartime experience and interest in Jōmon culture; commemorated in Ichikawa and Kitakyushu with exhibits and memorials.

記念館・博物館

  • Ichikawa City Literary Museum (So Sakon display) Ichikawa, Chiba, Japan 2013年開館
  • Kitakyushu City Literature Museum (donated So Sakon materials) Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan
  • Tobata Library So Sakon Memorial Room Tobata Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan 2014年開館

資料所蔵先

  • Donation of books and some manuscripts to Ichikawa City
  • Donation of many materials to Kitakyushu City

大衆文化への影響

  • Wrote lyrics for many school and community songs that became established locally.
  • On-line interest in unique onomatopoeic expressions in some school song lyrics (e.g. 'yun-yun').

引用

  • That's it — damn it!
    出典: Phrase cited as the origin of his pen name (self-exhortation after the war) (1967年)

豆知識

  • Real name: Koga Teruichi.
  • Wrote lyrics for many school songs.
  • Collected Jōmon pottery and figurines and valued them from an artistic perspective.