Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 61 (2015) award
Kanata Suzuki
すずき かなた
Suzuki Kanata
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1993-01-01 （Seto, Aichi Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Seto, Aichi → Osaka (study/student life) → Tokyo (National Diet Library employment)
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, librarian, researcher
- Active Years
- 2011-
- Affiliations
- Tanka circle 'Karin', National Diet Library (employment)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi Prefectural Meiwa High School | — | — | — | 2008-2011 | Japan |
| Osaka University, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature and Linguistics | 学士 | 2012-2016 | Japan |
| Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences (Graduate School of Letters) | — | Japanese Early Modern Literature | 修士（前期博士課程修了） | 2016-2018 | Japan |
Aichi Prefectural Meiwa High School
Period:
2008-2011
Year of Graduation:
2011
Country:
Japan
Osaka University, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature and Linguistics
Degree:
学士
Period:
2012-2016
Year of Graduation:
2016
Country:
Japan
Member of Osaka University Tanka Society; served as representative in 2014.
Osaka University Graduate School of Human Sciences (Graduate School of Letters)
Japanese Early Modern Literature
Degree:
修士（前期博士課程修了）
Period:
2016-2018
Year of Graduation:
2018
Country:
Japan
Specialized in Japanese early modern literature.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | NHK Tanka Grand Prize | — | — | NHK | 大賞 |
| 2013 | Kadokawa Tanka Prize (59th, Honorable Mention) | Roku-jou no Hansen (50 linked tanka) | — | Kadokawa | 佳作 |
| 2015 | Kadokawa Tanka Prize (61st) | Leather Shoes and Sneakers (50 linked tanka) | — | Kadokawa | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Modern Tanka Poets' Association Award (67th) | Usugami no Ginga (Tanka Collection) | — | Modern Tanka Poets' Association | 受賞 |
NHK Tanka Grand Prize
2011
Organization:
NHK
Result:
大賞
Kadokawa Tanka Prize (59th, Honorable Mention)
2013
Work:
Roku-jou no Hansen (50 linked tanka)
Organization:
Kadokawa
Result:
佳作
Kadokawa Tanka Prize (61st)
2015
Work:
Leather Shoes and Sneakers (50 linked tanka)
Organization:
Kadokawa
Result:
受賞
Modern Tanka Poets' Association Award (67th)
2023
Work:
Usugami no Ginga (Tanka Collection)
Organization:
Modern Tanka Poets' Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 67 (2023) award
Japan Tanka Poets Club Newcomer Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 29 (2023) award
Works
Major Works
Usugami no Ginga
2022 tankaFirst tanka collection. Gathers poems that capture urban scenes and fragments of daily life with sensitive perception, exploring a meeting point between contemporary diction and classical rhetoric.
urban lifedaily lifememorygenerational sensibility
Bibliography
- Usugami no Ginga (KADOKAWA, Nov 2022)
- Leather Shoes and Sneakers (Tanka, Nov 2015 issue)
- Twelve Colors (Tanka, May 2017 issue)
- Higurashi Crystal (Tanka, Oct 2020 issue)
- Star Well (Tanka, Nov 2021 issue)
- Scholarly article 'Expression of Sorai School "Bunjin" Consciousness in Kibyoshi' (Gombun, 2019)
- Scholarly articles (National Diet Library Bulletin etc., 2021–2023)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- A style that grounds itself in contemporary diction while leaving room for classical expressionsFusion of fragmentary imagery and serial composition to create narrative in tanka
- Recurring Motifs
- urban landscapesshoes and personal effectsthin paper / fragilitymemory and generational gap
Legacy
Noted among young tanka poets for combining urban sensibility with classical scholarship. Accumulated awards in the tanka field and contributes to literary criticism and historical research from his position as a researcher and librarian.
Academic Societies
- Modern Tanka Poets' Association
Archives
- Holdings at the National Diet Library
Trivia
- Served as representative of the Osaka University Tanka Society while a student (2014).
- Works as a librarian at the National Diet Library while composing tanka and conducting research.
- Won the 61st Kadokawa Tanka Prize (2015) for 'Leather Shoes and Sneakers'.
- Won the 67th Modern Tanka Poets' Association Award (2023) for his first tanka collection 'Usugami no Ginga'.