Ono Tozaburo Award
2 appearances
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Edition 7 (2005) award
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Edition 21 (2019) award
Kaoru Soeda
そえだ かおる
soeda kaoru
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1955-10-24 （Sendai, Miyagi, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Sendai, Miyagi, Japan → Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- poet, critic
- Active Years
- 1979-
- Influenced By
- Takaaki Yoshimoto, Norihiro Kato
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keio University | Faculty of Letters | Department of German Literature | — | 1975-1979 | Japan |
Keio University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of German Literature
Period:
1975-1979
Year of Graduation:
1979
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Ono Jūsaburō Prize | Gozoku (poetry collection) | 詩集部門 | Shichosha (selection committee) | winner |
| 2019 | Ono Jūsaburō Prize (poetry criticism category) | Critical=Line: Essays on Poetry and Criticism | 詩評論書部門 | Shichosha (selection committee) | winner |
Ono Jūsaburō Prize
2004
Work:
Gozoku (poetry collection)
Category:
詩集部門
Organization:
Shichosha (selection committee)
Result:
winner
Ono Jūsaburō Prize (poetry criticism category)
2019
Work:
Critical=Line: Essays on Poetry and Criticism
Category:
詩評論書部門
Organization:
Shichosha (selection committee)
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Gozoku
2004 Poetry collection 120 pagesA poetry collection exploring language and memory, intersecting personal and collective histories; marked by tense language and a critical perspective.
languagememoryhistory
Hi=Sen (Hi-zoku)
2017 Poetry collection 96 pagesA collection of poems dealing with war and peace, juxtaposing antiwar perspectives with personal memories.
warpeacememory
Gokumonga
2022 Poetry collection 112 pagesA poetry collection thematizing social condemnation and individual voice, notable for its strong diction and symbolism.
societypunishmentindividual
Nami-ma Ima, Time 1973–1983
1981 Poetry collection 88 pagesAn early collection reflecting the sensibilities of the 1970s to early 1980s in poetic form.
erayouthmemory
Bibliography
- Nami-ma Ima, Time 1973–1983 (Rindosha), 1981
- Kyūkyoku no Utabito (Rindosha), 1985
- The End of Postwar Romanticism: A Study of 1960s Poetry (Rindosha), 1987
- Futatabi no Uta, Saikai (Shichigatsudo), 1988
- Tomatopia Epic (privately printed), 1989
- Takaaki Yoshimoto: The Light of Contemporary Thought (Rindosha), 1989
- Camouflage Culture (Digital Publishing Service), 2003
- Gozoku (Shichosha), 2004
- Takaaki Yoshimoto: Chronicle of Controversies (Kyobunsha), 2010
- Minzoku (Shichosha), 2013
- The Truth of the 8/8 Video Message (Shiranui Shobo), 2016
- Hi=Sen (Hi-zoku) (Kyobunsha), 2017
- Critical=Line: Essays on Poetry and Criticism (Shichosha), 2018
- Ghost Poetica: Kaoru Soeda's Ghost Poetry Essays (Kyobunsha), 2020
- Song of the Stranger: Rei Nakanishi's "Poetry and Truth" (Ronso-sha), 2021
- Gokumonga (Shichosha), 2022
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, restrained dictioncritical and logical perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- memorylanguagehistory
Legacy
A poet and critic active at the intersection of postwar poetry and poetics. His critical reflections on language and memory have been recognized, including Ono Jūsaburō Prize awards.
Trivia
- Participated in the "Seventh Mita Poets" while at university.
- Involved in the publication of the poetry magazine "GENIUS."
- Winner of the 7th Ono Jūsaburō Prize (2004) and the 21st Ono Jūsaburō Prize (poetry criticism category, 2019).