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Urushiyama Chihiro

うるしやま ちひろ

Urushiyama Chihiro

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1976-01-01 (Ōne... Town, Kimotsuki District, Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan (now Kinkō Town))
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Resident of Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan

Career

Occupations
Poet
Active Years
2006-
Nominations
Gendai-shi Hanatsubaki Prize finalist (2016)

Education

Miyazaki University
Country: Japan

Awards

Minami-Nippon Literary Prize
2007
Work: Half-Smiling Knights (and 14 other pieces)
Organization: Minami-Nippon (regional) literary organizations
Result: winner
Gendai-shi Hanatsubaki Prize
2016
Work: I Want to Become Time
Organization: Japultan / selection committee
Result: finalist
Minami-Nippon Literary Prize
2022
Work: Light Gauge (and 14 other pieces)
Organization: Minami-Nippon (regional) literary organizations
Result: winner
H Prize
2022
Work: Light Gauge
Organization: H Prize selection committee
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

If You Pick Up a Cat

2012 Poetry collection

I Want to Become Time

2016 Poetry collection

Light Gauge

2021 Poetry collection

Bibliography

  • If You Pick Up a Cat (Japuran, June 2012)
  • I Want to Become Time (Japuran, November 2016)
  • Light Gauge (Shichigatsudō, December 2021)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
contemporary poetryexperimental poetics
Recurring Motifs
timesea and ferriescatsnight

Legacy

A contemporary poet based in Kagoshima region. Recognized for several poetry collections and awards including the Minami-Nippon Literary Prize and the H Prize.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Poets Association

Archives

  • National Diet Library - authority file

Trivia

  • Has authority identifiers (ISNI, VIAF, NDL).
  • Alumnus of Miyazaki University.