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Contemporary Poetry Hanatsubaki Award げんだいしはなつばきしょう

Edition 3 (1985)

Literary awardPoetry collectionContemporary poetry

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Shuntaro Tanikawa たにかわ しゅんたろう award

A poetry collection by Shuntaro Tanikawa. Across thirty-six poems, it moves lightly between everyday language and verbal play, portraying the humor of a world whose meanings never settle completely and the occasional unease that enters it.

A poetry collection in which the sound of words and nonsense make everyday life look slightly different.

81 pages
wordplaynonsenseeveryday lifesound patternsabsurdity