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Yasuhiro Yotsumoto

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Yotsumoto Yasuhiro

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1959-08-21 （Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Neyagawa, Osaka (birthplace) → United States (residence/assignment) → Germany, suburban Munich (residence) → Japan (moved base in 2020)

経歴

職業
poet, writer
活動期間
1991年〜
ノミネート
Noma Literary New Author Prize (nominated), Noma Literary New Author Prize (nominated)

学歴

Sophia University
Faculty of Literature / Department of English Literature
学位: 文学士
期間: 1978-1982
卒業年: 1982
国: Japan
University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School
学位: 経営学修士 (MBA)
期間: 1989-1990
卒業年: 1990
国: United States
Earned an MBA at the Wharton School

受賞歴

Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Prize (3rd)
2002
対象作品: Conference of Middle-Aged People Around the World
主催: Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Suruga Baika Literary Prize (5th)
2002
対象作品: Conference of Middle-Aged People Around the World
主催: Suruga Baika Literary Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize (11th)
2004
対象作品: An Afternoon of Silence
主催: Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Ayukawa Nobuo Prize (4th)
2013
対象作品: Captive of the Japanese Language
主催: Ayukawa Nobuo Prize Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Laughing Bug

1991年 poetry collection

First poetry collection. Includes poems that incorporate economic and business terminology drawn from his experience as a businessman.

economicscorporate/markethumor

Conference of Middle-Aged People Around the World

2002年 poetry collection

A poetry collection dealing with middle age and society; this collection won literary prizes.

middle agesocial observationlanguage

An Afternoon of Silence

2003年 poetry collection

A collection themed around silence and stillness. Winner of the Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize.

silenceintrospectionsense of language

Captive of the Japanese Language

2012年 poetry/essays

Works addressing the linguistic conflicts of the Japanese language and life abroad. Winner of the Ayukawa Nobuo Prize.

languagetranslationJapanese abroad

Prostate Song Diary

2018年 essays/poetry

A work blending personal bodily experiences with poetic sensibility.

the bodyaginghumor

全著作

  • Laughing Bug (poetry collection)
  • Conference of Middle-Aged People Around the World
  • An Afternoon of Silence
  • Golden Hour
  • Collected Poems of Yasuhiro Yotsumoto
  • The Wife's Starboard
  • Language Jack
  • Tanigawa Shuntaro: Study Words vs Silence
  • Captive of the Japanese Language
  • The Strange Glory of the Pseudo-Poet
  • Contemporary Japan Poetry Diary
  • O Poets!
  • Novel
  • Monotonously, Clumsily and Roughly
  • Prostate Song Diary
  • Homo Sapiens: Modern Poems (translated by Yasuhiro Yotsumoto)
  • Dante Meets Li Bai: Classical Poems (translated by Yasuhiro Yotsumoto)
  • Song Rain

翻案

  • Mixed Choir and Piano: 'Goodbye, Lawrence'

作家による翻訳

  • The Animals' Carnival (co-translated)
  • The Kid (co-translated)

作風・主題

文体
Innovative style that employs economic and accounting terminologyJapanese poetry blended with humor
頻出モチーフ
economy and marketslanguage and translationlife abroad / alienation

評価・遺産

Recognized for a distinctive poetic voice that incorporates perspectives from life abroad and business experience; winner of multiple poetry prizes and seen as expanding expressive possibilities for Japanese-language poetry.

豆知識

  • Graduated from Sophia University, Faculty of Literature, Department of English Literature (1982).
  • Earned an MBA from the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania (1990).
  • Lived for many years in the United States and Germany; moved his base back to Japan in 2020.
  • Has written a column 'Journey in Search of Poetry' for the Nikkei (Nihon Keizai Shimbun).