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Taya Ei

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Taya Ei

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性別
男性
生誕
1917-12-15 (Samukawa, Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
死没
2013-11-06 95歳
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Tanka poet
活動期間
1934年〜2013年
所属
Cosmos, Japanese National Railways
所属団体
Cosmos
影響を受けた人物
Hakushū Kitahara, Miya Shūji

学歴

Chiba Kantō Commercial School (now Keiai Gakuen High School)
国: Japan
Graduated from night school

受賞歴

Modern Tanka Poets Association Prize
1958
主催: Modern Tanka Poets Association
結果: 受賞
Chōkū Prize
1973
主催: Chōkū Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize
1973
主催: Japan Tanka Poets Club
結果: 受賞
Yomiuri Literature Prize
1978
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Purple Ribbon Medal
1984
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章
Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette (4th class)
主催: Government of Japan
結果: 受章

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

1957年 Tanka

A debut tanka collection that includes poems about labor scenes at the national railway and everyday life. Noted for its restrained and modest tone.

laboreveryday lifenostalgia

1973年 Tanka

A 1973 collection of tanka combining lyricism and poetic sensibility; the book won the Chōkū Prize and other honors.

lyricismfamilypassage of time

1994年 Tanka

A tanka collection centered on feelings toward the mother; winner of the Yomiuri Literature Prize.

mother-child relationshippathosmemory

全著作

作風・主題

文体
restrained tonea hesitant/modest stylelyrical yet controlled expression
頻出モチーフ
daily laborfamily lovedeath and loss

健康

  • Pneumonia
    2013年
    Died of pneumonia in 2013.

評価・遺産

An important postwar-to-Heisei tanka poet known for poems depicting labor scenes from his work with the national railway. He received major honors such as the Modern Tanka Poets Association Prize, the Chōkū Prize, and the Yomiuri Literature Prize, and served as a selector for prominent tanka events.

関連学会

  • Modern Tanka Poets Association

資料所蔵先

  • National Diet Library (Japan)

豆知識

  • Lost parents to tuberculosis at a young age and completed education via night school under difficult circumstances.
  • Worked for Japanese National Railways; poems about labor scenes are well known.
  • Won the Modern Tanka Poets Association Prize in 1958 for '乳鏡'.
  • Won the Chōkū Prize and the Japan Tanka Poets Club Prize in 1973 for '水晶の座'.
  • Won the Yomiuri Literature Prize in 1978 for '母戀'.
  • Awarded the Medal with Purple Ribbon in 1984 and also received the Order of the Rising Sun (4th class).
  • Died of pneumonia in 2013 at age 95.