H Award
1 appearances
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Edition 40 (1990) award
Takashina Kiichi
たかしな きいち
Takashina Kiichi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-09-20 （Osaka）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Osaka → Kobe
Career
- Occupations
- poet, lecturer, editor (literary journal)
- Active Years
- 1976-
- Affiliations
- Osaka Literature School (lecturer), Osaka Scenario School (lecturer), Osaka University of Arts (part-time lecturer)
- Memberships
- Japan Contemporary Poets Association, Japan Writers' Association, Japanese Society for Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers (JASRAC)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka Prefecture University | Faculty of Agriculture | Department of Horticultural Science | — | — | Japan |
Osaka Prefecture University
Faculty of Agriculture
/ Department of Horticultural Science
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Cabin Playwright Award (1st) | Mujina | — | Cabin Playwright Award committee | 入賞 |
| 1990 | H-shi Prize (40th) | The Giraffe's Laundry | — | H-shi Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Mitsukoshi Sachio Juvenile Poetry Prize (4th) | Questions to the Sky | — | Mitsukoshi Sachio Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Asahi Composition Prize (choral, 15th) | Mixed Chorus Suite 'The Giraffe's Laundry' | 合唱 | Asahi Shimbun | 受賞（作曲：堀内貴晃／高階の詩に曲を付した作品） |
| 2013 | Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize (8th) | For a Day of Parting Someday | — | Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Maruyama Kaoru Prize (21st) | Chizuru-san's Legs | — | Maruyama Kaoru Prize committee | 受賞 |
Cabin Playwright Award (1st)
1983
Work:
Mujina
Organization:
Cabin Playwright Award committee
Result:
入賞
H-shi Prize (40th)
1990
Work:
The Giraffe's Laundry
Organization:
H-shi Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Mitsukoshi Sachio Juvenile Poetry Prize (4th)
2000
Work:
Questions to the Sky
Organization:
Mitsukoshi Sachio Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Asahi Composition Prize (choral, 15th)
2004
Work:
Mixed Chorus Suite 'The Giraffe's Laundry'
Category:
合唱
Organization:
Asahi Shimbun
Result:
受賞（作曲：堀内貴晃／高階の詩に曲を付した作品）
Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize (8th)
2013
Work:
For a Day of Parting Someday
Organization:
Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Maruyama Kaoru Prize (21st)
2014
Work:
Chizuru-san's Legs
Organization:
Maruyama Kaoru Prize committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Mitsukoshi Sachio Youth Poetry Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 4 (2000) award
Miyoshi Tatsuji Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 8 (2013) award
Works
Major Works
The Giraffe's Laundry
1989 poetry collectionA collection mixing everyday scenes with allegorical imagery; includes poems featuring animals and domestic motifs.
everyday lifeanimalsallegory
Adaptations
- [choral suite] Mixed Chorus Suite 'The Giraffe's Laundry' (2004)
Questions to the Sky
1999 poetry collectionA prize-winning collection centered on questioning perspectives about the sky, time, and growth.
coming of agenaturequestions
For a Day of Parting Someday
2012 poetry collectionA collection on parting and memory, portraying fragments of life in a calm voice.
farewellmemorytime
Chizuru-san's Legs
2014 poetry collectionA set of poems that carefully observe bodily details and characters; combines humor and poignancy.
the bodycharacter sketchesfragments of daily life
Bibliography
Adaptations
- Mixed Chorus Suite 'The Giraffe's Laundry' (composer: Takaaki Horiuchi)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- colloquial, approachable voiceblend of allegory and humorquiet, observational descriptions
- Recurring Motifs
- animals (notably giraffes)farewell and memorydetails of everyday life
Legacy
Takashina Kiichi is a Japanese poet active since the late 1970s, known for a style combining humor and pathos. Through founding and editing poetry magazines and teaching, he has influenced the local poetry scene and won multiple literary awards.
Academic Societies
- Japan Contemporary Poets Association
- Japan Writers' Association
Trivia
- Real name: Nakai Kazunari.
- Began writing poetry while at university and founded the poetry magazine 'Pangaea' in 1976.
- The poetry collection 'The Giraffe's Laundry' was arranged as a choral work and won the Asahi Composition Prize.