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Yoichi Sugihashi

すぎはし よういち

Sugihashi Yoichi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1945-05-13 (Tokyo)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
German literature scholar, Haiku researcher, University professor, Translator, Literary critic
Active Years
1969-2009
Affiliations
College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo
Influenced By
Walter Benjamin, Theodor W. Adorno, Friedrich Nietzsche

Education

University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters / Department of German Literature
Degree: 文学士
Period: 1965-1969
Year of Graduation: 1969
Country: Japan
Graduate School, University of Tokyo
Master's Program / German Studies
Degree: 修士
Country: Japan
Completed master's program (year unknown)

Awards

Haijin Association Criticism Prize
1992
Work: Peeling Blue Sky: On Ayako Hosomi
Organization: Haijin Association (Haiku Poets Association)
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

The Transformation of the Unicorn

1980 scholarship

An academic work collecting essays on German literature and thought.

German literaturehistory of ideas

Peeling Blue Sky: On Ayako Hosomi

1991 literary criticism

A critical study examining the works and style of haiku poet Ayako Hosomi.

haikustudies of female haiku poets

The Fate of Jewish Imagination: Essays on Benjamin and Adorno

1992 intellectual history/criticism

A collection of essays on Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno.

Jewish imaginationmodernism

Children of Dream and Dew: On Ryuta Iida

1996 literary criticism

A critical study of the poetry of Ryuta Iida.

poetry studiescontemporary poetry

Nietzsche (editor/author)

2000 history of ideas

An edited volume introducing Nietzsche.

Nietzsche studiesintellectual history

Bibliography

  • The Transformation of the Unicorn
  • Peeling Blue Sky: On Ayako Hosomi
  • The Fate of Jewish Imagination: Essays on Benjamin and Adorno
  • Children of Dream and Dew: On Ryuta Iida
  • Nietzsche (editor/author)

Translations of Works

  • Beethoven and His Era (Carl Dahlhaus, translated by Yoichi Sugihashi) — 1997
  • Knowledge of German Opera (co-translated) — 1999
  • Adorno: Literary Notes (co-translated) — 2009

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Scholarly prose rooted in German thoughtCritical style attentive to haiku and lyric poetry
Recurring Motifs
haikuJewish imaginationmodernism

Legacy

An emeritus professor of the University of Tokyo who bridged German literary studies and haiku research, contributing to scholarship through translations and criticism.

Archives

  • National Diet Library, Japan

Trivia

  • Born in Tokyo; alumnus of Tokyo Metropolitan Nishi High School and the University of Tokyo.
  • Served as professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Tokyo and became emeritus professor.
  • Received the Haijin Association Criticism Prize in 1992.