Kadan Award
1 appearances
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Edition 19 (2008) award
Miharu Yanagisawa
やなぎさわ みはる
Yanagisawa Miharu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1978-12-31 （Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Asahikawa, Hokkaido → Sapporo, Hokkaido → Otaru, Hokkaido → Tomamae, Hokkaido
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, school nurse
- Active Years
- 2001-
- Affiliations
- Mirai (tanka society), Ark no Kai (tanka study group, Sapporo)
- Memberships
- Mirai (tanka society), Ark no Kai (publishes the doujinshi 'Ark Report')
- Influenced By
- Kunio Tsukamoto, Takashi Okai, Jiro Kato
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido University of Education, Asahikawa Campus | Faculty of Education | Teacher training (school nurse track) | 学士 | 1997–2001 | Japan |
Hokkaido University of Education, Asahikawa Campus
Faculty of Education
/ Teacher training (school nurse track)
Degree:
学士
Period:
1997–2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
Japan
Became absorbed in waka lectures while at university and began composing tanka in her fourth year
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mirai Prize | Monologue | — | Mirai Tanka Society | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Prize (runner-up) | WATERFALL | — | Tanka Kenkyu | 次席 |
| 2008 | Kadan Prize | Glass Mobile | — | Kadan (literary magazine) | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Gendai Tanka Newcomer Award | A Spoonful of Sea | — | Gendai Tanka | 受賞 |
| 2011 | Hokkaido Shimbun Tanka Award | A Spoonful of Sea | — | Hokkaido Shimbun | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Modern Poets Association Award | A Spoonful of Sea | — | Modern Tanka Poets Association | 受賞 |
Mirai Prize
2006
Work:
Monologue
Organization:
Mirai Tanka Society
Result:
受賞
Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Prize (runner-up)
2006
Work:
WATERFALL
Organization:
Tanka Kenkyu
Result:
次席
Kadan Prize
2008
Work:
Glass Mobile
Organization:
Kadan (literary magazine)
Result:
受賞
Gendai Tanka Newcomer Award
2011
Work:
A Spoonful of Sea
Organization:
Gendai Tanka
Result:
受賞
Hokkaido Shimbun Tanka Award
2011
Work:
A Spoonful of Sea
Organization:
Hokkaido Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Modern Poets Association Award
2012
Work:
A Spoonful of Sea
Organization:
Modern Tanka Poets Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 12 (2011) award
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 56 (2012) award
Works
Major Works
A Spoonful of Sea
2011 tankaFirst poetry collection. A set of tanka that portrays inner life through quotidian details and motifs such as the sea and glass.
seaeveryday lifeinner experienceglass
Bibliography
- A Spoonful of Sea (poetry collection). Hon'ami Shoten, 2011
- A Spoonful of Sea (new edition). Hon'ami Shoten, 2024
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Follows modern tanka forms with lyrical and emotive dictionSharp depiction of everyday details
- Recurring Motifs
- the seaglasssmall everyday objectsinner loneliness
Legacy
Recognized as a promising contemporary tanka poet from Hokkaido, winner of several major tanka awards. Her sensitive style, informed by experience in education, has attracted attention.
Academic Societies
- Modern Tanka Poets Association
Trivia
- Born in Asahikawa, Hokkaido.
- Continues to write while working as a school nurse at elementary schools.
- Won the Hokkaido Shimbun Tanka Award for her first collection as the youngest recipient at the time.