Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Award
1 appearances
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Edition 47 (2009) award
Kazunari Suzumura
すずむら かずなり
Suzumura Kazunari
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-03-22 （Nagoya, Aichi, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, French
- Residence History
- Nagoya, Aichi (birthplace) → Tokyo (education/activity) → Yokohama, Kanagawa (residence/employment)
Career
- Occupations
- literary scholar, French literature scholar, literary critic, translator, photographer, poet, travel writer, university professor
- Active Years
- 1970-
- Affiliations
- Yokohama City University (Professor Emeritus)
- Influenced By
- Arthur Rimbaud, Roland Barthes, Jacques Derrida
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature | Department of French Literature | — | — | Japan |
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters, Department of French Literature
/ Department of French Literature
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 47th Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize | Rimbaud and Eight Photographs of Africa | — | Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize Selection Committee | 受賞 |
47th Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize
2009
Work:
Rimbaud and Eight Photographs of Africa
Organization:
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize Selection Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Rimbaud's Steamer Point
1992 travel / photobookA travel and photo book tracing Rimbaud's footsteps, including journeys to Aden, Cairo, and other locations.
Rimbaudtravelphotographymemory
Rimbaud and Eight Photographs of Africa
2008 travel essays / criticismTravel essays and photographs from visits to Rimbaud-related sites such as Aden and Harar, reflecting on Africa from a Rimbaud studies perspective.
Rimbaud studiesAfricatravel writingphotography
Haruki Murakami Chronicle 1983 - 1995
1994 literary criticismA critical study examining Haruki Murakami's early works chronologically, exploring his world and prose style.
Murakami studiesstylecontemporary literature
Bibliography
- On Rimbaud's 'Illuminations' (1970)
- Different Texts: Essay Collection (1973)
- Blue Sleep (1974)
- Not Yet / Already: Haruki Murakami and 'Hard-Boiled Wonderland' (1985)
- Telephone (1987)
- Paris, Desert Allegory: With Jabbess (1989)
- Thoughts on Borders: Jabbess, Derrida, Rimbaud (1992)
- Rimbaud's Steamer Point (1992)
- The Tempter of Kelvin (1993)
- Phantom Images: Photographs and Texts (1993)
- Haruki Murakami Chronicle 1983 - 1995 (1994)
- Rimbaud and Eight Photographs of Africa (2008)
- Rimbaud of Africa Read Through Letters (2013)
- Travel, Says Haruki Murakami (2014)
- Does Haruki Murakami Dream of Electric Cats? (2015)
- A Literary History of Terror Beginning with Yukio Mishima (2016)
- Mishima SM Tanizaki (2016)
- Blown by Bob Dylan: Listening to Poetry with Murakami and Rimbaud (2017)
- Laughing Kirino Natsuo: Writers Who Write 'Evil' (2020)
Translations by Author
- Rimbaud Complete Works: New Personal Translation (2011)
- New Translation of 'Illuminations' (1992)
- Rimbaud: Collected Poems (1998)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- critical and interdisciplinary stylevisual descriptions linking photography and textclose readings of modern French poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- Rimbaudtravel and geographyphotography and memorytranslation and textual borders
Legacy
A scholar, translator, and photographer known for Rimbaud studies and criticism of Haruki Murakami. His travel-photography works and criticism have bridged academic study and general readership in contemporary literature.
Academic Societies
- Japanese societies related to French literature studies
Archives
- National Diet Library (authority data)
Trivia
- One of the founders of the poetry magazine 'Hakugei' (White Whale).
- Professor Emeritus at Yokohama City University.
- Recipient of the 47th Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize in 2009.