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Tsuyoshi Sone

そね つよし

Sone Tsuyoshi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1974-01-23 (Kagawa Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
haiku poet, tanka poet
Active Years
2002-
Affiliations
Modern Haiku Association, LOTUS (member)
Memberships
Modern Haiku Association
Influenced By
Rokurinuo Suzuki

Awards

Gendai Haiku Newcomer Award (29th) — Encouragement Prize (Honorable Mention)
2011
Organization: Modern Haiku Association
Result: 佳作奨励賞
Gendai Haiku Newcomer Award (30th) — Honorable Mention
2012
Organization: Modern Haiku Association
Result: 佳作
Shiba Fukio Newcomer Haiku Prize (4th)
2014
Work: Award-winning set (100 haiku)
Organization: Shiba Fukio Prize Committee
Result: 受賞
Sasai Hiroyuki Prize (2nd)
2019
Work: I Say Nothing
Organization: Sasai Hiroyuki Prize Committee
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Hanashu: Tsuyoshi Sone Haiku Collection

2015 haiku collection

A haiku collection containing around 100 poems set against the background of the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. The work blends lyricism with gravity, nihilistic tones and humor, transforming observations and emotions about the disaster into haiku; this compositional balance was noted by critics.

2011 Tohoku earthquakereality vs. fictionsense of crisislyricism

Bibliography

  • Hanashu: Tsuyoshi Sone Haiku Collection (Shinya Sosho, July 2015)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
traditional 5-7-5 formlyricalcombination of gravity, nihilism and humor
Recurring Motifs
crisisruptures in everyday lifenatural imagerydisaster and memory

Legacy

A contemporary haiku poet noted for work reflecting and processing the 2011 Tohoku earthquake. Recognized with several newcomer prizes and consolidated in a published haiku collection.

Academic Societies

  • Modern Haiku Association

Quotes

  • When he rises, a sorrowful giant —
    Source: Example poems (selected)

Trivia

  • Born in Kagawa Prefecture.
  • Joined the haiku group "Kayou" in 2002 and studied under Rokurinuo Suzuki.
  • Won the 4th Shiba Fukio Newcomer Haiku Prize in 2014.
  • Published the haiku collection 'Hanashu' in 2015.