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Chunichi Poetry Award ちゅうにちししょう

Edition 18 (1970)

Poetry

Winners

2 people
平光善久 ひらみつ よしひさ poetry prize

Hone no Isho is a poetry collection by Yoshihisa Hiramitsu that takes death and the body as hard-edged metaphor. True to its stark title, it excavates the voice that remains at the bottom of existence.

A poetry collection that excavates the presence of body and death in hard language.

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那須田浩 なすだ ひろし second prize

Michiyuki is a poetry collection by Hiroshi Nasuda that looks at the course of life through movement and parting. Its journey-like form lets personal time and landscape cross each other.

A poetry collection that places parting and time within the form of a journey.

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