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Hagiwara Sakutaro Award はぎわらさくたろうしょう

Edition 17 (2009)

Modern poetry

Winners

6 people

A poetry collection that depicts the surfaces and depths of the city through images of waterlines and ruins. Language tempered over many years reveals a map different from the visible city.

吃水都市 is read as a 詩集 connected with 松浦寿輝's award recognition.

157 pages
citywaterlinememory
田口犬男 nominee

A poetry collection that moves freely across travel, angels, baseball, and meditations on painters. Its humor and narrative impulse widen the reach of contemporary poetry.

聖フランチェスコの鳥 is read as a 詩集 connected with 田口犬男's award recognition.

111 pages
poetrytravelhumor
Kiyoe Kawazu nominee

A poetry collection born from exchanges with the land and people of Kishu and Kumano. Pain and vitality overlap as place names become linked with inner tremors.

新鹿 is read as a 詩集 connected with 河津聖恵's award recognition.

95 pages
Kumanoplacevitality
Hiroshi Osada nominee

A poetry collection that quietly attends to vanishing points hidden in the scenery before one’s eyes, moving with the seasons. Ordinary sights are shown to hold memories of what has disappeared.

世界はうつくしいと is read as a 詩集 connected with 長田弘's award recognition.

104 pages
landscapeseasonsloss
松尾真由美 nominee

A poetry collection layered with metaphors of light and resonance, following voices and sensations that never fully coincide. Its dense diction creates both resonance and dislocation.

不完全協和音 コンソナーンツァ・インペルフェット is read as a 詩集 connected with 松尾真由美's award recognition.

resonancelightdislocation

A poetry collection that marks the tension between the individual and community through images of voice, law, and kinship. Its hard-edged language reveals ethical pressure behind silence and command.

系族 is read as a 詩集 connected with 守中高明's award recognition.

138 pages
voicecommunityethics