Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 60 (2014) award
Denwa Tanikawa
たにかわ でんわ
Tanikawa Denwa
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- 1986-09-14 （Aichi Prefecture）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Ichinomiya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Tanka poet
- Active Years
- 2014-
- Memberships
- Member of the tanka magazine 'Kaban'
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nanzan University | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Nanzan University
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Kadokawa Tanka Award (60th) | Umibe no Canvas | — | Kadokawa | winner |
Kadokawa Tanka Award (60th)
2014
Work:
Umibe no Canvas
Organization:
Kadokawa
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Umibe no Canvas
2014 Tanka sequenceA sequence of 50 tanka poems submitted as a set; won the 60th Kadokawa Tanka Award.
seasideeveryday and the uncannyfirst-person perspective
Theory of the Immortal Lover
2017 Tanka collectionFirst tanka collection published in 2017; gathers poems that capture fragments of everyday life through a distinctive viewpoint.
loveeveryday lifepersonal memory
Things Here
2021 Tanka collection (coauthored)A coauthored tanka collection featuring poems that reflect on place and the present.
placepresentnesscollaboration
Deep Breath Square
2022 Tanka collectionA 2022 tanka collection containing poems that delicately depict details of daily life and bodily sensations.
everyday lifebodily sensationstillness
Bibliography
- Theory of the Immortal Lover (Shoshi Kankanbo, 2017)
- Things Here: Tanka Collection (ELVIS PRESS, 2021, coauthored)
- Deep Breath Square (Shoshi Kankanbo, 2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Tanka expressed primarily in the first-person perspectiveBlending everyday depiction with elements of the uncannyConcise style layering vivid images
- Recurring Motifs
- first-person voiceplace imagery such as seaside and squaresfragments of everyday life
Legacy
A young tanka poet who brought a fresh perspective to contemporary tanka. Gained attention after winning the 60th Kadokawa Tanka Award; praised for inserting strangeness into everyday scenes.
Quotes
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The interest of Denwa Tanikawa's world lies, first of all, in how he constructs a world that disrupts the normalcy of the first-person perspective.
Source: Hiroyuki Ogihara (review), Asahi Shimbun, November 1, 2017 (2017)
Trivia
- After graduating from Nanzan University he entered a comedian training school but did not debut as a comedian.
- Winner of the 60th Kadokawa Tanka Award (2014).
- X (formerly Twitter) account: @tanikawadenwa