Chunichi Poetry Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1960) effort award
Takashi Arima
ありま たかし
Arima Takashi
Aliases:
西田 綽宏
Pen Names:
Nobuhiro Nishida（birth name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1931-12-17 （Kameoka, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 2022-09-24 age 90
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet, writer
- Active Years
- 1957-2022
- Affiliations
- Japan Writers' Association, Japan PEN Club, Kansai Poets Association (representative), Kyoto Literary Research Institute (representative), National Everyday-Language Poetry Association (representative), Japan Universal Poets Association, Japan-Mongolia Association (former president)
- Memberships
- Japan Writers' Association, Japan PEN Club, Japan Universal Poets Association
- Influenced By
- Existentialism, Tomoya Takaishi, Nobuyasu Okabayashi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doshisha University | Faculty of Economics | — | 学士 | — | Japan |
Doshisha University
Faculty of Economics
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Published a literary magazine while enrolled
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Chubu Japan Poets Award (Effort Prize) | The Wall of Twilight | — | Chubu Poets Award organization | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (Recommendation Prize) | — | — | Sankei Shimbun | 受賞（推薦） |
| 2002 | Atlantida Prize | — | — | Gran Canaria International Poets Festival | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Michael Madosdan Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Mongolian National Cultural Foundation Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Salamina Poetry Translation Award | The Solitary Wanderer | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Kyoto City Arts Promotion Prize | — | — | City of Kyoto | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Kyoto City Arts and Culture Association Award | — | — | Kyoto City Arts and Culture Association | 受賞 |
Chubu Japan Poets Award (Effort Prize)
1960
Work:
The Wall of Twilight
Organization:
Chubu Poets Award organization
Result:
受賞
Sankei Children's Publishing Culture Award (Recommendation Prize)
1982
Organization:
Sankei Shimbun
Result:
受賞（推薦）
Atlantida Prize
2002
Organization:
Gran Canaria International Poets Festival
Result:
受賞
Michael Madosdan Prize
2003
Result:
受賞
Mongolian National Cultural Foundation Prize
2004
Result:
受賞
Salamina Poetry Translation Award
2005
Work:
The Solitary Wanderer
Result:
受賞
Kyoto City Arts Promotion Prize
2013
Organization:
City of Kyoto
Result:
受賞
Kyoto City Arts and Culture Association Award
2008
Organization:
Kyoto City Arts and Culture Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The End's Beginning
1973 poetryA 1970s poetry collection exploring existence through fragmented urban and personal scenes.
existenceurban lifefragments
Translations
- Translated into over 30 languages including English
Ukiyo Kyoto Essays
2002 poetryA poetry collection depicting Kyoto's scenery and life from the perspective of everyday-language poetry.
everyday-language poetryKyotolocalism
Translations
- English translations available
Little Earth
1983 children's songs / nursery rhymesA collection of original nursery rhymes for children; some pieces were adopted in school textbooks.
childrennursery rhymeseducation
Adaptations
- [music] My Mark: Nursery Song Collection (1970)
Bibliography
- Henkei (1957)
- The Wall of Twilight (1959)
- New Nursery Songs (1963)
- The End's Beginning (1973)
- Ukiyo Kyoto Essays (2002)
- More Light (2021)
Adaptations
- Poets of Honyarado (live poetry reading recording)
- Musical settings of poems by Takada Wataru, Nobuyasu Okabayashi and others
Translations by Author
- FUSTO-Jorge Padrón 'Chain of Hell' (translation & editing, 2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- colloquialeveryday-language poetryoral/performative school
- Recurring Motifs
- nostalgiatravelcity and naturechildren
Health
-
cerebral hemorrhage2022-09Suffered a cerebral hemorrhage in September 2022 and died
Legacy
A leading proponent of everyday-language poetry, known for poetry readings and links with music. His collections were translated into many languages and his children's pieces were adopted in school textbooks.
Academic Societies
- Japan Writers' Association
- Japan PEN Club
- Japan Universal Poets Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (catalogue of works)
- Collections at Oki Shakusha and Henshu Kobo NOA
In Popular Culture
- Original nursery songs adopted in Japanese language textbooks, influencing education
- Poems set to music in the Kansai folk movement released on records and CDs
Quotes
-
More light
Source: Poetry collection 'More Light' (2021)
Trivia
- Worked at Kyoto Bank while continuing to write poetry (served as a branch manager).
- Connected with the Kansai folk movement; many poems were set to music and performed by musicians.
- Poetry collections translated into over 30 languages, including English.