Modern Haiku Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (1982) award
Kiyoko Uda
うだ きよこ
Uda Kiyoko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1935-10-15 （Tokuyama (now Shunan), Yamaguchi, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Affiliations
- Shirin, Sōen, Gendai Haiku, Mitei, Osaka Haiku Study Group, Fundan, Sōju
- Memberships
- Modern Haiku Association, Japan Art Academy
- Influenced By
- Toyama Mubarō, Nobuko Katsura, Kenji Nakagami
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mukogawa Women's University Junior College | Home Economics | Department of Home Economics | 短期大学士 | — | Japan |
Mukogawa Women's University Junior College
Home Economics
/ Department of Home Economics
Degree:
短期大学士
Year of Graduation:
1953
Country:
Japan
Graduated from the Department of Home Economics
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | Modern Haiku Association Award | — | — | Modern Haiku Association | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Jakuhatsu (Jyakoku) Prize | Zō (Elephant) | — | Jakuhatsu Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2002 | Medal with Purple Ribbon | — | — | Japan (Cabinet) | 受章 |
| 2012 | Shika Bungakukan Prize (Haiku category) | Kioku (Memory) | 俳句部門 | Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Haiku | 受賞 |
| 2014 | Gendai Haiku Grand Prize | — | — | Modern Haiku Association | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Japan Art Academy Prize | — | — | Japan Art Academy | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Haiku Shiki Grand Prize | — | — | Haiku Shiki | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Person of Cultural Merit | — | — | Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan) | 顕彰 |
| 2020 | Mainichi Art Award | — | — | Mainichi Newspapers | 受賞 |
Modern Haiku Association Award
1982
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association
Result:
受賞
Jakuhatsu (Jyakoku) Prize
2001
Work:
Zō (Elephant)
Organization:
Jakuhatsu Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Medal with Purple Ribbon
2002
Organization:
Japan (Cabinet)
Result:
受章
Shika Bungakukan Prize (Haiku category)
2012
Work:
Kioku (Memory)
Category:
俳句部門
Organization:
Museum of Modern Japanese Poetry and Haiku
Result:
受賞
Gendai Haiku Grand Prize
2014
Organization:
Modern Haiku Association
Result:
受賞
Japan Art Academy Prize
2016
Organization:
Japan Art Academy
Result:
受賞
Haiku Shiki Grand Prize
2019
Organization:
Haiku Shiki
Result:
受賞
Person of Cultural Merit
2019
Organization:
Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (Japan)
Result:
顕彰
Mainichi Art Award
2020
Organization:
Mainichi Newspapers
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 35 (2001) award
Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 27 (2012) haiku
Gendai Haiku Grand Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 14 (2014) award
Japan Art Academy Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 72 (2016) award
Haiku Shiki Grand Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 18 (2019) award
Works
Major Works
Lira no Ki
1980 HaikuDebut haiku collection containing early representative poems.
natureeveryday life
Natsuzuki-shū
1992 HaikuA collection in which a stylistic shift appears following encounters with Kenji Nakagami and others.
summernaturethe body
Zō (Elephant)
2000 HaikuOne of her major haiku collections, featuring poems on nature and fragments of memory.
memorynatureseasonal events
Kioku (Memory)
2011 HaikuA haiku collection centered on memory and seasonal motifs; won the Shika Bungakukan Prize (haiku category) in 2012.
memoryseasonal motifsagricultural life
Enshin
2014 HaikuSeventh haiku collection including previously published and new poems.
naturecycles
To the Forest
2018 HaikuA recent collection characterized by close observation of nature and seasonal events.
forestnature
Bibliography
- Lira no Ki (Haiku collection)
- Natsu no Hi (Haiku collection)
- Hantō (Peninsula) (Haiku collection)
- Natsuzuki-shū (Haiku collection)
- Kiyoko Uda - Kagami Gendai Haiku
- Zō (Elephant) (Haiku collection)
- Kioku (Memory) (Haiku collection)
- Collected Haiku of Kiyoko Uda
- Enshin (Haiku collection)
- To the Forest (Haiku collection)
- Swallow Days (Essays)
- From a Bundle of Letters (Essays)
- Images in Women's Haiku - The Lineage of Female Haiku Poets
- My Seasonal Notes (Essays)
- My Favorite Haiku Notes (Essays)
- Satoyama Season Notes: Around the Rice Fields (Essays)
- Playing with Old Seasonal Words (Essays)
- Seasonal Vegetable Notes (co-authored)
- Haiku Poets Born After the War
- Walking with Haiku (Essay/criticism)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- A flexible style absorbing both traditional and modern haiku influencesCareful observational poetics focused on seasonal and agricultural life
- Recurring Motifs
- natureseasons / seasonal eventsmemoryrural life / agriculture
Legacy
Regarded as an important contemporary haiku poet, she has received multiple major awards. She authored many essays on haiku and seasonal practice and held key positions in the Modern Haiku Association, exerting significant influence in the haiku community.
Academic Societies
- Modern Haiku Association
Archives
- Held in the collections of the National Diet Library (Japan)
Quotes
-
On the emperor's white hair — indeed, the summer moon
Source: Natsuzuki-shū (1992) -
Before I knew it, even the surplus seedlings have ears and tongues
Source: Zō (Elephant) (2000)
Trivia
- Selected as a Person of Cultural Merit in 2019.
- Received the Japan Art Academy Prize in 2016.
- Graduated from Mukogawa Women's University Junior College (Department of Home Economics).