Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (2000) award
Taguchi Yoshihiro
たぐち よしひろ
Taguchi Yoshihiro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1933-01-22 （Pyongyang, Japanese-ruled Korea）
- Died
- 2002-06-01 age 69
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, German
- Residence History
- Pyongyang (birthplace) → Kyoto (residence/work)
Career
- Occupations
- German literature scholar, Poet, Translator, University professor
- Active Years
- 1956-2002
- Affiliations
- Kyoto University (faculty, professor emeritus), Kinki Welfare University (professor)
- Influenced By
- Rainer Maria Rilke, Martin Buber
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyoto University | Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Kyoto University
Faculty of Letters
Year of Graduation:
1956
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | Japan Poets' Club Prize | Ennichi-ten (Aphorism: "Distant Perihelion") | — | Japan Poets' Club | Winner |
Japan Poets' Club Prize
2000
Work:
Ennichi-ten (Aphorism: "Distant Perihelion")
Organization:
Japan Poets' Club
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Hyōchō: Four-line Poems
1981 Poetry collectionA collection of short four-line poems emphasizing linguistic sensibility and symbolism.
symbolismsolitudetime
Ennitchiten (Aphoristic: Aphelion)
1999 Poetry collectionA well-regarded poetry collection combining personal memory, nature imagery, and a sense of foreignness.
memorynatureforeignness
Rilke: Sonnets to Orpheus (translations/editions)
2001 Translation / ScholarshipA work including translations and commentary on Rilke's 'Sonnets to Orpheus'.
translationRilke studiespoetic interpretation
Rilke Biography (co-translation)
1991 Biography / TranslationCo-translation of Wolfgang Lippmann's biography of Rilke.
biographyliterary commentary
Bibliography
- Hyōchō: Four-line Poems
- Ennitchiten (Aphelion)
- Rilke: Sonnets to Orpheus
- Rilke Biography (co-translation)
- I and Thou / Dialogues (translation)
- Gog and Magog (co-translation)
- The Supplicants (translation)
- Truth and Revelation (co-translation)
- The Conductor Bach (translation)
- God and the World (translation)
- Short Essays (translation/edition)
- Condor (translation)
- Hans Carossa Complete Poems (co-translation)
- Carossa: Selected Poems (translation/edition)
Translations by Author
- I and Thou / Dialogues (Martin Buber)
- Gog and Magog (co-translation, Buber)
- The Conductor Bach (Walter Fetter)
- Hans Carossa Complete Poems (co-translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly translations with annotationssymbolic and lyrical poetic stylecomparative-literary perspective rooted in German texts
- Recurring Motifs
- sense of foreignnessmemory and timereligious and philosophical themes (e.g., Buber)
Health
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Heart failure2002年6月1日に死去に至るまでDied of heart failure on 1 June 2002. This ended his active academic and literary career.
Legacy
Professor emeritus of Kyoto University known for German literary scholarship and poetic translations. He contributed to the reception of Rilke and Buber in Japan through careful translations and scholarship. As a poet he was also recognized, receiving the Japan Poets' Club Prize for the 1999 collection 'Ennitchiten'.
Archives
- National Diet Library (authority data)
Trivia
- Not the same person as the manga artist Taguchi Yoshihiro (田口佳宏).
- Born in Pyongyang during the period of Japanese rule.
- Won the Japan Poets' Club Prize in 2000 for the poetry collection 'Ennitchiten'.