Contemporary Poetry Notebook Award
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (1999) award
Tori Ogasawara
おがさわら ちょうるい
Ogasawara Chōrui
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- 1977 （Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Poet
- Active Years
- 1999-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Waseda University
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Gendai Shicho (Gendai-shi Techo) Prize (37th) | — | — | Shichosha (Gendai-shi Techo) | winner |
| 2004 | Rekitei Newcomer Award (15th) | Observations of Wonderful Coastal Creatures | — | Rekitei | winner |
Gendai Shicho (Gendai-shi Techo) Prize (37th)
1999
Organization:
Shichosha (Gendai-shi Techo)
Result:
winner
Rekitei Newcomer Award (15th)
2004
Work:
Observations of Wonderful Coastal Creatures
Organization:
Rekitei
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Rekitei Emerging Award
1 appearances
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Edition 15 (2004) award
Works
Major Works
Observations of Wonderful Coastal Creatures
2004 Poetry collectionDebut poetry collection using motifs of underwater creatures and coastal scenes; poems characterized by sentence structures that avoid conventional subject-predicate roles.
marine animalscoastobservation
Television
2006 Poetry collectionA collection incorporating fragments of daily life and media imagery into poetry.
mediaeveryday life
Dreams, Fantasies, and Nonsense: Essays on Biology
2015 Essay collectionAn essay collection exploring biological imagery; discusses overlaps between dreams, fantasy, and scientific narratives.
biologydreamfantasy
Tori Ogasawara: Collected Poems
2016 Poetry (collected, paperback)A collected volume in the modern poetry library series compiling representative works.
recollectionorganismssound
Ornithological Field Notes
2018 Poetry / Field notesA field-notes-style poetry collection blending observational records with poetic reflection.
observationbirdsfield notes
Oh, Infinitely Nostalgic Animals
2025 Poetry collectionA poetry collection themed on nostalgia, where past images intersect with motifs of animals.
nostalgiaanimals
Read Minoru Yoshioka!
2024 Criticism / EssayCritical essays on poet Minoru Yoshioka, representing recent critical work.
literary criticismpoetics
Bibliography
- Observations of Wonderful Coastal Creatures (Shichosha, 2004)
- Television (Shichosha, 2006)
- Dreams, Fantasies, and Nonsense: Essays on Biology (2015)
- Tori Ogasawara: Collected Poems (Shichosha, 2016)
- Ornithological Field Notes (2018)
- Read Minoru Yoshioka! (Lightverse Publishing, 2024)
- Oh, Infinitely Nostalgic Animals (Lightverse Publishing, 2025)
Adaptations
- Poem readings and collaborations (works with music and manga artists)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- sentence structures that avoid strict subject-predicate rolesexperimental contemporary poetry
- Recurring Motifs
- underwater animalsmusicobservation
Legacy
A contemporary poet known for a distinctive poetic world that frequently uses aquatic creatures and musical imagery. Active across poetry magazines and collaborations.
In Popular Culture
- Provided poetry for bands and idols; collaborated with manga artists
Trivia
- Publishes works on a personal blog combining photographs and poems.
- Published a 'contemporary poetry manga' in collaboration with manga artist Kobayashi Dōmu.
- Provided a poem for the idol unit SAKA-SAMA's single.