Takami Jun Award
1回登壇
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第6回（1976年） award
Shuntaro Tanikawa
たにかわ しゅんたろう
Tanikawa Shuntaro
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1931-12-15 （Suginami (then Toyotama), Tokyo, Japan）
- 死没
- 2024-11-13 （Tokyo, Japan） 92歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Suginami, Tokyo, Japan (birth / upbringing) → Yodo, Kyoto, Japan (evacuation during WWII)
経歴
- 職業
- poet, translator, children's book author, screenwriter, lyricist
- 活動期間
- 1948年〜2024年
- 影響を受けた人物
- Tatsuji Miyoshi, Takaaki Yoshimoto
- 影響を与えた人物
- Miyuki Nakajima (example of artists influenced), Many contemporary poets and musicians (cross-generational influence)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo Metropolitan Toyotama High School | — | — | — | 〜1950 | Japan |
Tokyo Metropolitan Toyotama High School
期間:
〜1950
卒業年:
1950
国:
Japan
Final formal education: Tokyo Metropolitan Toyotama (school name changed historically)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1962 | Japan Record Award — Lyricist Award | Songs for the Days of the Week (month–sun songs) | 作詞賞 | Japan Record Awards (organizers) | 受賞 |
| 1975 | Japan Translation Culture Award | Mother Goose Songs (translation) | — | Translation/Publishing cultural award (Japan) | 受賞 |
| 1983 | Yomiuri Literature Prize | Maps of Everyday Life | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Gendai-shi Hanatsubaki Award | Yoshinashi Songs | — | Hanatsubaki (magazine) | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Noma Children's Literature Prize | Naked | — | Noma Cultural Foundation (Noma Prize) | 受賞 |
| 1988 | Shogakukan Literature Prize | First Grader | — | Shogakukan | 受賞 |
| 1989 | American Book Award | Melancholy River Voyage | — | Before Columbus Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1992 | Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize | On Women | — | Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize | Sekenchiraz (Unworldly) | — | Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Asahi Prize | — | — | Asahi Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Japan Cultural Design Grand Prize | — | — | Cultural Design Prize (Japan) | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Mainichi Art Award | Chagall and the Leaves | — | Mainichi Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Shika-Bungakukan Prize | I / Myself | — | Poetry & Song Museum (Shika-Bungakukan) | 受賞 |
| 2010 | Ayukawa Nobuo Prize | Tromsø Collage | — | Ayukawa Nobuo Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Zhongkun International Poetry Prize | — | — | Private/Chinese poetry organization | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize | On Poetry | — | Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Japan Foundation Award | — | — | Japan Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Struga Poetry Evenings — Golden Wreath | — | — | Struga Poetry Evenings (organizers) | 受賞 |
| 2023 | NHK Broadcasting Culture Award | — | — | NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) | 受賞 |
| 2024 | Japan Record Awards — Special Lifetime Achievement | — | 特別功労賞 | Japan Record Awards (organizers) | 受賞 |
Japan Record Award — Lyricist Award
1962
対象作品:
Songs for the Days of the Week (month–sun songs)
部門:
作詞賞
主催:
Japan Record Awards (organizers)
結果:
受賞
Japan Translation Culture Award
1975
対象作品:
Mother Goose Songs (translation)
主催:
Translation/Publishing cultural award (Japan)
結果:
受賞
Yomiuri Literature Prize
1983
対象作品:
Maps of Everyday Life
主催:
Yomiuri Shimbun
結果:
受賞
Gendai-shi Hanatsubaki Award
1985
対象作品:
Yoshinashi Songs
主催:
Hanatsubaki (magazine)
結果:
受賞
Noma Children's Literature Prize
1988
対象作品:
Naked
主催:
Noma Cultural Foundation (Noma Prize)
結果:
受賞
Shogakukan Literature Prize
1988
対象作品:
First Grader
主催:
Shogakukan
結果:
受賞
American Book Award
1989
対象作品:
Melancholy River Voyage
主催:
Before Columbus Foundation
結果:
受賞
Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize
1992
対象作品:
On Women
主催:
Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Foundation
結果:
受賞
Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize
1993
対象作品:
Sekenchiraz (Unworldly)
主催:
Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize Committee
結果:
受賞
Asahi Prize
1996
主催:
Asahi Shimbun
結果:
受賞
Japan Cultural Design Grand Prize
2005
主催:
Cultural Design Prize (Japan)
結果:
受賞
Mainichi Art Award
2006
対象作品:
Chagall and the Leaves
主催:
Mainichi Shimbun
結果:
受賞
Shika-Bungakukan Prize
2008
対象作品:
I / Myself
主催:
Poetry & Song Museum (Shika-Bungakukan)
結果:
受賞
Ayukawa Nobuo Prize
2010
対象作品:
Tromsø Collage
主催:
Ayukawa Nobuo Prize Committee
結果:
受賞
Zhongkun International Poetry Prize
2011
主催:
Private/Chinese poetry organization
結果:
受賞
Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize
2016
対象作品:
On Poetry
主催:
Miyoshi Tatsuji Prize Committee
結果:
受賞
Japan Foundation Award
2019
主催:
Japan Foundation
結果:
受賞
Struga Poetry Evenings — Golden Wreath
2022
主催:
Struga Poetry Evenings (organizers)
結果:
受賞
NHK Broadcasting Culture Award
2023
主催:
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
結果:
受賞
Japan Record Awards — Special Lifetime Achievement
2024
部門:
特別功労賞
主催:
Japan Record Awards (organizers)
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
-
第32回（1982年） award
-
第3回（1985年） award
-
第26回（1988年） award
-
第37回（1988年） award
-
第1回（1993年） award
-
第23回（2008年） poetry
-
第11回（2016年） award
作品
代表作
Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude
1952年 poetry collectionDebut poetry collection that established Tanikawa as a postwar poetic voice.
solitudecosmoseveryday observation
翻訳
- Translated into English and many other languages
Maps of Everyday Life
1982年 poetry collectionA collection of poems weaving everyday and urban scenes. Winner of the Yomiuri Literature Prize.
citymemorydaily life
Sekenchiraz
1993年 poetry collectionPublished in 1993; one of the works awarded the Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize, notable for its unique diction and perspective.
selflanguagedistance from society
Tromsø Collage
2009年 poetry collectionContains poems related to Tromsø and the North; recipient of the Ayukawa Nobuo Prize.
travellandscapememory
全著作
- Two Billion Light-Years of Solitude (1952)
- Maps of Everyday Life (1982)
- Sekenchiraz (1993)
- Tromsø Collage (2009)
翻案
- Tokyo Olympiad (documentary film — script participation)
- Matariba (1973 — screenplay)
- Phoenix (1978 — screenplay)
作家による翻訳
- Swimmy and many children's books (Leo Lionni, etc.)
- Translations of Peanuts (Snoopy) — handled from c.1967 to 2020
作品の翻訳
- Poetry collections translated into English, French, German, Chinese and others
作風・主題
- 文体
- plain, conversational dictionuse of wordplay and attention to soundsimplicity and universality accessible to children
- 頻出モチーフ
- language and wordplaycity and everyday lifesolitude and the cosmoschildren / childlike perspective
健康
-
senility / old age2024Died of age-related causes in November 2024
評価・遺産
One of postwar Japan's representative and widely read poets. His multifaceted career — poetry, translation, children's books, lyrics, and screenwriting — influenced many generations.
記念館・博物館
- Kyoto Institute of Technology (donation recipient) Kyoto, Japan 2005年開館
大衆文化への影響
- Lyrics such as 'The Promise of the World' (theme song for Howl's Moving Castle) are widely known in film and music contexts
- Long-term translations of Peanuts contributed to Snoopy's cultural presence in Japan
引用
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Once a poem is written, it belongs to others.
出典: Interview / essay (paraphrased remark) (2007年) -
I take pride in being a professional poet.
出典: Statements / interviews (2000年)
豆知識
- Collected vintage radios and donated the collection to Kyoto Institute of Technology in 2005.
- Worked on translations of Peanuts for roughly 50 years.
- Reportedly practiced eating one meal a day.
- Married three times during his life.