Japan Poets Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (1974) award
Takeshi Ishihara
いしはら たけし
Ishihara Takeshi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1930-08-03 （Kofu, Yamanashi, Japan）
- Died
- 2018-03-20 （Koshigaya, Saitama, Japan (group home)） age 87
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, English
Career
- Occupations
- poet, English literature scholar, translator, university professor, librarian
- Active Years
- 1967-2018
- Affiliations
- Rissho Women's University (assistant professor), Bunkyo University (professor, librarian; professor emeritus)
- Influenced By
- Brian W. Aldiss
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meiji Gakuin University | Faculty of Letters | Department of English | — | — | Japan |
Meiji Gakuin University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of English
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Japan Poets' Club Prize | — | — | Japan Poets' Club | winner |
| 1996 | Chikyu Prize (21st) | Translations of Anglo-American poetry | — | Chikyu Prize Committee | winner |
| 2007 | Japan Poets' Club Shikai Prize | Toi Uta: Selected Remains | — | Japan Poets' Club | winner |
Japan Poets' Club Prize
1974
Organization:
Japan Poets' Club
Result:
winner
Chikyu Prize (21st)
1996
Work:
Translations of Anglo-American poetry
Organization:
Chikyu Prize Committee
Result:
winner
Japan Poets' Club Shikai Prize
2007
Work:
Toi Uta: Selected Remains
Organization:
Japan Poets' Club
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Naval Port (poetry collection)
1967 poetryEarly poetry collection depicting urban and military landscapes in lyrical verses.
warcitymemory
Poetry collection published in 1974; includes award-winning pieces and represents his mid-career work.
solitudememorynature
Neurosurgery Ward
1986 poetryA poetry collection that contemplates body and consciousness through the setting of a hospital ward.
illnessbodyinner life
Distant Songs: Selected Remains
2006 poetry & essaysA selection including short poems and previously uncollected pieces, with poetic essays.
poeticsmemorywriting
Complete Poems of Takeshi Ishihara
2016 poetryA comprehensive collection of the poet's lifetime work, compiling major poems.
lifememorylanguage
Bibliography
- Naval Port (poetry), Shichosha, 1967
- Hanarezou (poetry), 1974
- Neurosurgery Ward (poetry), Ishibunkan, 1986
- Takeshi Ishihara: Collected Poems, Doyobi Bijutsusha, 1991
- Distant Songs: Selected Remains, Shigakobo, 2006
- Complete Poems of Takeshi Ishihara, Doyobi Bijutsusha, 2016
Translations by Author
- The Boy Who Was Raised by Hands (Brian W. Aldiss), Sanrio SF Bunko, 1980
- Soldier Stands (Brian W. Aldiss), Sanrio SF Bunko, 1982
- Poems of Kenneth Patchen (translation), 1984
- Sudden Awakening (Brian W. Aldiss), 1986
- On Playful Verse: Nonsense Verse from the English-Speaking World (translation), 1990
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, lyrical styleinfluence of Anglo-American poetry; translator's sensibility visible in his work
- Recurring Motifs
- war and military memorysolitude and personal memorybody and illness
Health
-
aspiration pneumonia2018-03Suffered aspiration pneumonia in March 2018, which caused his death.
Legacy
Known for his translations of Anglo-American poetry and his original poetic works; contributed to poetry scholarship and education as a university professor.
Academic Societies
- Japan Poets' Club
Trivia
- Born in Kofu, Yamanashi Prefecture.
- Graduated from Meiji Gakuin University's Department of English.
- Translated works by Brian W. Aldiss.
- Professor emeritus of Bunkyo University.