Haijin Kyokai Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (1995) award
Kimio Yamagami
やまがみ きみお
Yamagami Kimio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1931-07-22 （Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
- Died
- 2014-08-06 （Joto Ward, Osaka City, Japan） age 83
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- haiku poet, ophthalmologist
- Active Years
- 1948-2014
- Affiliations
- Member, Asibiki (magazine), Member, Nanpu / Nanpuhaiku (magazine), Haijin Association (Honorary member), Japan Art Writers' Association (member)
- Memberships
- Haijin Association (Honorary member), Japan Art Writers' Association (member)
- Influenced By
- Shuoko Mizuhara, Sodo Yamaguchi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osaka University, Faculty of Medicine | Faculty of Medicine | Department of Medicine | — | — | Japan |
Osaka University, Faculty of Medicine
Faculty of Medicine
/ Department of Medicine
Country:
Japan
Graduated from Osaka University Faculty of Medicine; worked thereafter as an ophthalmologist.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | Haijin Association Award | Suibi | — | Haijin Association | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Prize | Shijisho | — | Yamamoto Kenkichi Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Haiku Shiki Grand Prize | Shijisho | — | Haiku Shiki | 受賞 |
| — | Asibiki Newcomer Award | — | — | Asibiki | 受賞 |
| — | Nanpu Prize | — | — | Nanpu | 受賞 |
Haijin Association Award
1995
Work:
Suibi
Organization:
Haijin Association
Result:
受賞
Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Prize
2003
Work:
Shijisho
Organization:
Yamamoto Kenkichi Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Haiku Shiki Grand Prize
2003
Work:
Shijisho
Organization:
Haiku Shiki
Result:
受賞
Asibiki Newcomer Award
Organization:
Asibiki
Result:
受賞
Nanpu Prize
Organization:
Nanpu
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Haiku Shiki Grand Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 3 (2003) award
Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 3 (2003) haiku category
Works
Major Works
Madarake
haikuAn early haiku collection featuring delicate seasonal and natural imagery.
natureseasons
Hakuzou
haikuA collection notable for symbolic poems with white imagery.
symbolismnature
Sanroku
haikuWorks that evoke mountain and foothill landscapes.
mountainslandscape
Suibi
haikuA representative collection showing deep natural sensibility and seasonal awareness. Recipient of the Haijin Association Award in 1995.
sense of natureseasonal awareness
Shijisho
haikuA collection organized around perspectives through the four seasons. Awarded the Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Prize and the Haiku Shiki Grand Prize in 2003.
four seasonsseasonal change
Bansui
haikuA collection that includes late-period reflections.
later lifereminiscence
Spring Faces
2012 haikuPublished in 2012. A collection that delicately depicts spring scenes and human expressions.
springdepiction of people
Bibliography
- Madarake
- Hakuzou
- Sanroku
- Suibi
- Shijisho
- Bansui
- Spring Faces
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, condensed expressionblend of classical seasonal word usage and modern perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- seasonsnature (mountains, plants)vision / eye metaphors
Health
-
respiratory failure2014-08Died of respiratory failure in August 2014 (aged 83).
Legacy
A prominent haiku poet active from the postwar period into the modern era; an influential figure on the haiku scene and an honorary member of the Haijin Association who contributed to nurturing later generations.
Academic Societies
- Haijin Association
- Japan Art Writers' Association
Archives
- National Diet Library (holdings)
- Major libraries and databases (VIAF, ISNI, etc.)
Trivia
- Real name recorded as Kimio (public records vary in presentation).
- Joined Asibiki magazine in 1948 and participated in Nanpu from 1949.
- Became representative of Nanpu in 2004.
- Died in 2014 in an Osaka hospital of respiratory failure.