H Award
1回登壇
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第9回（1959年） award
Minoru Yoshioka
よしおか みのる
Yoshioka Minoru
ペンネーム:
Ainei Kichi（Used as an alternate pen name）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1919-04-15 （Honjo, Tokyo (now Sumida-ku, Tokyo)）
- 死没
- 1990-05-31 （Tokyo Kyosai Hospital, Tokyo, Japan） 71歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- Poet, Book designer, Editor
- 活動期間
- 1940年〜1990年
- 影響を受けた人物
- Surrealism, Modernist poets (e.g. Junsaburo Nishiwaki), Koichi Iijima
- 影響を与えた人物
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mukojima Commercial School (night division, dropped out) | — | — | — | 在籍期間不明（中退） | Japan |
Mukojima Commercial School (night division, dropped out)
期間:
在籍期間不明（中退）
国:
Japan
Attended night school but dropped out; thereafter worked at publishers and pursued poetry and book-design work.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | H Prize | The Monk | — | — | Winner |
| 1976 | Takami Jun Prize | Saffron Picking | — | Takami Jun Prize Committee | Winner |
| 1983 | Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize | Kusudama | — | Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize Committee | Winner |
H Prize
1959
対象作品:
The Monk
結果:
Winner
Takami Jun Prize
1976
対象作品:
Saffron Picking
主催:
Takami Jun Prize Committee
結果:
Winner
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize
1983
対象作品:
Kusudama
主催:
Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize Committee
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Still Life
1955年 Poetry collectionAn early privately printed poetry collection featuring short poems that depict everyday objects and scenes in a visionary, surreal manner.
Everyday lifeVisionary imageryObjects
The Monk
1958年 Poetry collection (including long poem)A poetry collection including the long poem 'Dead Child'. Published in 1958, it brought significant attention and won the H Prize.
DeathReligious imageryVisionary experience
Spindle Shape
1962年 Poetry collectionA volume collecting 1960s poems, characterized by experimental language and chains of imagery.
Experimental languageChains of imagery
Saffron Picking
1976年 Poetry collectionOne of his representative mid-to-late period works, mixing delicate perspective with allegorical imagery.
MemoryNatureAllegory
Kusudama
1983年 Poetry collectionA late-career collection emphasizing the sound of words and symbolism; recipient of the Fujimura Memorial Rekitei Prize.
SymbolismSonority of languageSense of ending
全著作
- Somnolent Season (Kusazemi-sha, 1940)
- Liquid (Kusazemi-sha, 1941)
- Still Life (private edition, 1955)
- The Monk (Shoshi Eureka, 1958)
- Spindle Shape (Kusazemi-sha, 1962)
- A Quiet House (Shichosha, 1968)
- Festival of Other Spirits (Shoshi Yamada, 1974)
- Poems of a Mysterious Age (Yukawa Shobo, 1974)
- Saffron Picking (Seidosha, 1976)
- Summer Feast (Seidosha, 1979)
- Paul Klee's Table (Shoshi Yamada, 1980)
- Kusudama (Shoshi Yamada, 1983)
- Moon Drop (Shoshi Yamada, 1988)
- Umayahashi Diary (Shoshi Yamada, 1990)
- Collected Poems of Minoru Yoshioka (Chikuma Shobo, 1996)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Surrealistic visionary poetic styleModernist tendenciesSymbolism and linguistic experimentation
- 頻出モチーフ
- Visionary experiencesReligious imageryFragments of everyday lifeMemory and nature
健康
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Acute renal failure1990年5月（死去時）Died of acute renal failure on May 31, 1990
評価・遺産
Minoru Yoshioka is regarded as a representative postwar modernist poet, known for his surreal visionary poetic style and numerous book designs. Through his poetry and book design work he influenced later poets and book designers.
資料所蔵先
- Holdings at the National Diet Library
- Chikuma Shobo archival materials
引用
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Poetry is a vision.
出典: Collected remarks and essays (source not specifically cited)
豆知識
- Born in Honjo, Tokyo, and worked at publishers in his youth.
- Served as a director at Chikuma Shobo for a period.
- His wife Yoko is the daughter of Wada Yoshie.
- Reportedly left behind some 286 poems and nearly 190 book designs.