Shiika Bungakukan Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2001) award
Toshikazu Yasumizu
やすみず としかず
Yasumizu Toshikazu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1931-09-15 （Suma-ku, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan）
- Died
- 2022-08-16 （Kobe, Hyogo, Japan） age 90
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- poet, lyricist, scriptwriter, university lecturer
- Active Years
- 1950-2022
- Affiliations
- Kobe Shoin Women's University (former professor), Gendai Shijin-kai (Contemporary Poets' Association)
- Memberships
- Gendai Shijin-kai (Contemporary Poets' Association), Hyogo Contemporary Poetry Association (co-founder and first chair)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe University | Faculty of Letters | Department of English and American Literature | 学士 | 1950-1954 | Japan |
Kobe University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of English and American Literature
Degree:
学士
Period:
1950-1954
Year of Graduation:
1954
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1963 | Ministry of Education Arts Festival Encouragement Award | Kyoto (lyrics for choral suite) | — | Ministry of Education (Arts Festival) | 受賞 |
| 1973 | Arts Festival Excellence Award | Radio drama 'Tabi ni Yande' | — | Arts Festival (Agency for Cultural Affairs) | 受賞 |
| 1984 | Iiue Culture Prize | — | — | Iiue Culture Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1989 | Chikyu (Earth) Prize (14th) | Kioku Mekuri | — | Chikyu Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1990 | Kobe City Cultural Award | — | — | City of Kobe | 受賞 |
| 1996 | Hyogo Prefecture Cultural Award | — | — | Hyogo Prefecture | 受賞 |
| 1997 | Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize (6th) | Akiyama-sho | — | Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Bansui Prize (40th) | What It Means to Be Alive | — | Bansui Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2001 | Shika Bungakukan Award (16th) | Tsubakisaki ya Minantote | — | Poetry and Song Museum | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize (43rd) | Kanibama Made | — | Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Ministry of Education Arts Festival Encouragement Award
1963
Work:
Kyoto (lyrics for choral suite)
Organization:
Ministry of Education (Arts Festival)
Result:
受賞
Arts Festival Excellence Award
1973
Work:
Radio drama 'Tabi ni Yande'
Organization:
Arts Festival (Agency for Cultural Affairs)
Result:
受賞
Iiue Culture Prize
1984
Organization:
Iiue Culture Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Chikyu (Earth) Prize (14th)
1989
Work:
Kioku Mekuri
Organization:
Chikyu Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Kobe City Cultural Award
1990
Organization:
City of Kobe
Result:
受賞
Hyogo Prefecture Cultural Award
1996
Organization:
Hyogo Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize (6th)
1997
Work:
Akiyama-sho
Organization:
Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Bansui Prize (40th)
1999
Work:
What It Means to Be Alive
Organization:
Bansui Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Shika Bungakukan Award (16th)
2001
Work:
Tsubakisaki ya Minantote
Organization:
Poetry and Song Museum
Result:
受賞
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize (43rd)
2005
Work:
Kanibama Made
Organization:
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Award
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (2005) award
Works
Major Works
Kioku Mekuri
1988 poetry collectionA collection exploring personal and collective memory; includes poems connected to his ongoing engagement with the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake.
memoryearthquaketime
Akiyama-sho
1996 poetry collectionPoems that address nature and the memory of place; awarded the Maruyama Yutaka Memorial Contemporary Poetry Prize.
placenaturememory
What It Means to Be Alive
1999 poetry collectionA volume of poems reflecting on existence and everyday life; recipient of the Bansui Prize.
existencedaily lifehumanity
Kanibama Made
2004 poetry collectionA poetry collection including works related to Matsumi Sugae; awarded the Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize.
historybiographical pursuitregionalism
Bibliography
- Songs for Existence (1955)
- About Love (1956)
- Birds (1958)
- Kioku Mekuri: Poetry Collection by Toshikazu Yasumizu (1988)
- Akiyama-sho (1996)
- What It Means to Be Alive (1999)
- Tsubakisaki ya Minantote (2000)
- Kanibama Made (2004)
- Collected Poems of Toshikazu Yasumizu (1999)
Adaptations
- Choral suite 'Kyoto' (lyrics by Toshikazu Yasumizu; music by Takehiko Tada, 1965)
- Provided texts for 'About Birds' choral suite by Shinichiro Ikebe (2001)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- modern poetrylyrical and observational styleemphasis on locality and memory
- Recurring Motifs
- memorythe Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquakeland and naturejourney/travel
Legacy
A Kobe-based poet who chronicled regional memory and the Great Hanshin-Awaji Earthquake in his work. He contributed to the local poetic community as an educator and selector, and was recognized for numerous poetry collections and critical writings.
Museums
- Kobe Literary Museum (hosted exhibition on Toshikazu Yasumizu) Oji Park, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan
Academic Societies
- Hyogo Contemporary Poetry Association
- Gendai Shijin-kai (Contemporary Poets' Association)
Archives
- Hyogo Prefectural Museum of Art (holds related materials)
- Kobe Literary Museum (exhibition materials, etc.)
Trivia
- Founded the poetry magazine 'Poetro' in 1950.
- Served as selector for the Kobe Shimbun readers' literary poetry column from 1985 to 2017.
- Called for the establishment of the Hyogo Contemporary Poetry Association in 1997 and served as its first chair.