Takiji Yuriko Award
1 appearances
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Edition 18 (1986) award
Sumi Yasaka
やさか すみ
Yasaka Sumi
Aliases:
石塚ルイ / Ishizuka Rui
Pen Names:
Sumi Yasaka（Pen name used as a tanka poet）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1891-04 （Fukuoka City）
- Died
- 1986-12-21 age 95
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Fukuoka City → Tokyo
Career
- Occupations
- Tanka poet, Political activist
- Active Years
- 1960-1986
- Affiliations
- Shin Nihon Kajin Association, Japanese Communist Party
- Memberships
- Shin Nihon Kajin Association, Japanese Communist Party
- Influenced By
- Junzo Watanabe, Nobuharu Nishida, Marxism
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Watanabe Junzo Prize (1st) | Shinchintaisha (Metabolism) | 歌集 | — | winner |
| 1986 | Takiji & Yuriko Prize | — | — | — | winner |
Watanabe Junzo Prize (1st)
1979
Work:
Shinchintaisha (Metabolism)
Category:
歌集
Result:
winner
Takiji & Yuriko Prize
1986
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Shinchintaisha (Metabolism)
1979 Tanka collectionA tanka collection gathering poems written against the backdrop of postwar life, Communist Party activity, and everyday living. It addresses labor, women's perspectives, ageing, and daily struggles with concise, candid expression.
LaborFemale perspectiveAgeingDaily lifeSocial themes
Bibliography
- Shinchintaisha (Metabolism) (1979)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise and direct tanka expressionSocially aware perspective
- Recurring Motifs
- Daily lifeLaborAgeingFemale perspective
Legacy
Born Ishizuka Rui in Fukuoka, Sumi Yasaka engaged in Communist Party activities after moving to Tokyo while composing tanka. Her work gained recognition from the 1970s onward; she won the Watanabe Junzo Prize in 1979 and the Takiji & Yuriko Prize in 1986, gaining literary recognition late in life.
Academic Societies
- Shin Nihon Kajin Association
Trivia
- Her real name was Ishizuka Rui.
- She married at age 20 and left her marital home 13 years later, then moved to Tokyo.
- While running student lodgings she adopted a Rikkyo University student and was introduced to Marxist literature through that student.
- In 1979 she won the 1st Watanabe Junzo Prize for the tanka collection 'Shinchintaisha'.
- In 1986 she received the Takiji & Yuriko Prize.