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Machi Tawara

たわら まち

Tawara Machi

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1962-12-31 （Kadoma, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Shijonawate, Osaka Prefecture, Japan (childhood) → Takefu (now Echizen), Fukui Prefecture, Japan (moved) → Tokyo (studied at Waseda University) → Kanagawa Prefecture (worked at Hashimoto High School) → Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan → Ishigaki Island, Okinawa Prefecture, Japan (moved) → Miyazaki City, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan (moved) → Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan (returned in 2022 to support elderly parents)

経歴

職業
Tanka poet, Essayist, Translator, Lyricist, Novelist, High school teacher
活動期間
1986年〜
所属
Kokoro no Hana (tanka group), Tokyo Concerts (management agency)
所属団体
Kokoro no Hana (tanka group), National Language Council (served as a member)
影響を受けた人物
Sasaki Yukitsuna, Muraki Michihiko
影響を与えた人物
Umenai Mikako, Osano Dan, Hagiwara Shin'ichirō

学歴

Waseda University, School of Letters, Arts and Sciences I
School of Letters, Arts and Sciences I / Japanese Literature
学位: 学士（文学）
期間: 1981-1985
卒業年: 1985
国: Japan
Fukui Prefectural Fujishima High School
期間: 1978-1981
卒業年: 1981
国: Japan

受賞歴

Kadokawa Tanka Award
1986
対象作品: August Morning
主催: Kadokawa Shoten
結果: 受賞
Modern Tanka Poets Association Prize
1988
対象作品: Salad Anniversary
主催: Modern Tanka Poets Association
結果: 受賞
Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize
2003
対象作品: Loving The Tale of Genji
主催: Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize
結果: 受賞
Wakayama Bokusui Prize
2006
対象作品: Pooh's Nose
主催: Wakayama Bokusui Prize
結果: 受賞
Shiika Literature Museum Prize
2021
対象作品: The Size of the Future
主催: Shiika Literature Museum
結果: 受賞
Chokuu Prize
2021
対象作品: The Size of the Future
主催: Chokuu Prize
結果: 受賞
Asahi Prize
2022
主催: The Asahi Shimbun
結果: 受賞
Best Mother Award
2009
主催: Best Mother Awards Committee
結果: 受賞
Miyanichi Publishing Grand Prize (Special Award)
2019
対象作品: Bokusui's Love
主催: Miyanichi Publishing Award
結果: 受賞
Order of the Purple Ribbon
2023
主催: Cabinet Office, Government of Japan
結果: 受章

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Salad Anniversary

1987年 Tanka collection

Her first tanka collection, notable for colloquial, accessible tanka that reached a broad readership and became a major bestseller in 1987.

everyday lifelovefoodhumor

Chocolate Revolution

1997年 Tanka collection

Her third tanka collection, continuing to depict everyday life with familiar language and light sensibility.

everyday lifelovememory

Pooh's Nose

2005年 Tanka collection

Fourth tanka collection, featuring gentle humor and a warm gaze on daily life and family.

familychildcareeveryday life

The Size of the Future

2020年 Tanka collection

Her sixth tanka collection, containing poems that contemplate time and the future with a mature perspective.

timefuturematurity

Triangle

2004年 Novel

Her first full-length novel, serialized in the Yomiuri Shimbun and later adapted for film.

human relationshipslovemodern life
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] TANNKA Tanka / 阿木燿子

I'm Mario

2013年 Tanka collection

Her fifth tanka collection, incorporating contemporary themes into tanka.

contemporary cultureeveryday lifeplayfulness

全著作

  • Salad Anniversary
  • Fresh Tanka
  • Another Love
  • Palm of the Wind
  • Chocolate Revolution
  • Little Friends
  • Longing to Be Held Like a Bouquet
  • Time Until We Meet (Selected Tanka)
  • Pooh's Nose
  • Triangle
  • I'm Mario
  • The Size of the Future
  • The Avocado Seed
  • Afterword Not Yet: Selected Tanka by Machi Tawara

翻案

  • Novel 'Triangle' adapted as the film 'TANNKA Tanka'

作家による翻訳

  • Come Down, John (original: John Burningham)
  • Madeline's Christmas (original: Ludwig Bemelmans)
  • The Christmas Star (original: Marcus Pfister)
  • The Bear and the Forest Piano (original: David Litchfield)

作風・主題

文体
colloquial tankause of everyday languageelements of light versehumorous and witty tone
頻出モチーフ
everyday lifelove/romancefamilyfoodtravelnaturechildcare/parenting

評価・遺産

Machi Tawara popularized tanka among general readers with her 1987 collection 'Salad Anniversary', significantly contributing to the spread of colloquial tanka and light verse. Through essays, translations and wide-ranging media activities, she is recognized for broadening the audience for contemporary tanka.

関連学会

  • Modern Tanka Poets Association

大衆文化への影響

  • 'Salad Anniversary' became a bestseller and sparked a social phenomenon
  • Appeared as a guest judge on NHK Kohaku (1987, 1998, 2023, etc.)
  • Film appearance ('Welcome to the Quiet Room', etc.) and broad media activities
  • Influenced education, writing lyrics for pieces used in school music contests

豆知識

  • Her real name is Machi Tawara; it is not a pen name derived from Tawaramachi station, as she has stated.
  • 'Salad Anniversary' sold millions of copies (sources cite figures such as over 2.6 million or 2.8 million copies).
  • In 2003 she gave birth to a son and has raised him as a single mother while continuing her creative work.
  • Graduated from Waseda University (School of Letters); after graduation she worked as a high school Japanese teacher.
  • Her work spans tanka, essays, translations, lyric-writing, serializations and novels.