Kadokawa Tanka Award
1 appearances
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Edition 59 (2013) award
Hayato Yoshida
よしだ はやと
Yoshida Hayato
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1989-04-25 （Hobara, Date District, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan (now Date City)）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Date City, Fukushima (birthplace) → Tokyo (Waseda University — study/residence)
Career
- Occupations
- tanka poet, essayist
- Active Years
- 2006-
- Memberships
- Waseda Tanka-kai (alumnus/member)
- Influenced By
- Fumio Chiba, Mutsuo Takahashi
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fukushima Prefectural Fukushima High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University | School of Culture, Media and Society | Representation and Media Studies | 学士（文化構想学） | 2008–2012 | Japan |
| Waseda University Graduate School of Letters | Graduate School of Letters | French Language and Literature (course) | 修士（文学） | 2012–2014 | Japan |
| Waseda University Graduate School of Letters (doctoral program) | Graduate School of Letters | French Language and Literature (course) | — | 2014–2020 | Japan |
Fukushima Prefectural Fukushima High School
Country:
Japan
Waseda University
School of Culture, Media and Society
/ Representation and Media Studies
Degree:
学士（文化構想学）
Period:
2008–2012
Year of Graduation:
2012
Country:
Japan
Joined Waseda Tanka-kai while enrolled
Waseda University Graduate School of Letters
Graduate School of Letters
/ French Language and Literature (course)
Degree:
修士（文学）
Period:
2012–2014
Year of Graduation:
2014
Country:
Japan
Completed master's and proceeded to doctoral program
Waseda University Graduate School of Letters (doctoral program)
Graduate School of Letters
/ French Language and Literature (course)
Period:
2014–2020
Country:
Japan
Left doctoral program after completing required credits (2020)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Fukushima Prefecture Literature Prize — Youth Encouragement Award (tanka) | — | — | Fukushima Prefecture | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Kadokawa Tanka Prize | Un essai pour l'oubli (Essay for Forgetting) | — | Kadokawa (Tanka magazine 'Tanka') | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Ono Azusa Memorial Arts Prize | Un essai pour l'oubli | — | Waseda University | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Modern Tanka Poets' Association Prize | Un essai pour l'oubli | — | Modern Tanka Poets' Association | 受賞 |
Fukushima Prefecture Literature Prize — Youth Encouragement Award (tanka)
2006
Organization:
Fukushima Prefecture
Result:
受賞
Kadokawa Tanka Prize
2013
Work:
Un essai pour l'oubli (Essay for Forgetting)
Organization:
Kadokawa (Tanka magazine 'Tanka')
Result:
受賞
Ono Azusa Memorial Arts Prize
2016
Work:
Un essai pour l'oubli
Organization:
Waseda University
Result:
受賞
Modern Tanka Poets' Association Prize
2016
Work:
Un essai pour l'oubli
Organization:
Modern Tanka Poets' Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Contemporary Tanka Poets Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 60 (2016) award
Works
Major Works
Un essai pour l'oubli (Essay for Forgetting)
2015 Tanka collection (poetry) 143 pagesA reflective collection of tanka by a young poet, thematically centered on loss, forgetting, self and awareness of death.
forgettinglossdeath and lifeintrospection
Butterfly of the Spirit
2023 Tanka collectionA recent tanka collection dealing with spirituality and the boundaries of being.
spiritualityontologytransformation
I Want to Die but Can't, So I Read Books: A Reading Guide for the Despairing
2021 Essay / Reading guideAn essay and reading guide addressing readers who feel despair; introduces books and approaches aimed at confronting and alleviating such feelings.
despairreadingsalvation
Bibliography
- Un essai pour l'oubli (2015)
- Sakura Front Declaration: Born after 1970 (contribution, anthology, 2015)
- Tanka Time Capsule (co-authored, 2018)
- I Want to Die but Can't, So I Read Books (2021)
- Butterfly of the Spirit (2023)
- Modern Tanka Passport: Next Life Iguana (contribution, 2025)
Translations by Author
- Translations of Jean Rouch essays (selected)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- introspectiveconcise, sharp imagerymodern responses to classical tanka forms
- Recurring Motifs
- forgettingepitaphs / tombstone inscriptionssuicide attempt in youth and subsequent life
Health
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suicide attempt (attempted)16歳時（少年期）Mentioned in the author's afterword as an experience that became a central motive/theme in his work.
Legacy
Recognized as one of the representative young tanka poets, noted for introspective and striking imagery. Awards have brought recognition in both academic and literary circles.
Academic Societies
- Modern Tanka Poets' Association (related via prize)
Archives
- National Diet Library (bibliographic entries)
In Popular Culture
- A university-era essay gained attention online, raising his profile in doujinshi and the young tanka scene.
- The cover illustration of 'Un essai pour l'oubli' used artwork by a game-related illustrator, reflecting ties to subculture.
Quotes
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To the gifted prodigy seemingly chosen by the god of song, I fervently wish that even if he speaks of 'parting with song', he will not lightly put it into practice.
Source: Blurb by Mutsuo Takahashi, on the band of 'Un essai pour l'oubli' (2015)
Trivia
- In the afterword to the tanka collection, he writes about an attempted suicide at age 16.
- As a university student he published a commentary on the adult game 'Comment te dire adieu', which attracted attention.
- The cover of 'Un essai pour l'oubli' uses the illustration 'Introspective Angel' by game-related artist Kenzo Nagaoka.