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Chunichi Poetry Award ちゅうにちししょう

Edition 17 (1969)

Poetry

Winners

2 people
黛元男 まゆずみ もとお poetry prize

Bokura no Chiho is a poetry collection by Motoo Mayuzumi that carries the feeling of local life and the atmosphere of its time in plain language. Through a tactile sense of place, it turns individual life and community presence into poetry.

A poetry collection that receives the feeling of local life in quiet language.

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谷澤辿 たにざわ たどる second prize

Sanshōuo no Furusato is a poetry collection by Tadoru Tanizawa that layers local nature with memories of life. Through the damp presence of the salamander, it considers belonging and solitude.

A poetry collection that looks at belonging and solitude through local nature.

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