Shiika Bungakukan Prize しいかぶんがくかんしょう
Edition 26 (2011)
Winners
3 peopleA poetry collection delicately attuned to space and time. It looks quietly at everyday landscapes, leaving memory and bodily sensation in the margins of language.
空の庭、時の径 is an award-recognized work that follows its subject through 須永紀子's distinct perspective.
A tanka collection that uses the recurring image of snow to contemplate place, memory, and aging. Its restrained language captures the deepening of life and nature.
百たびの雪 is an award-recognized work that follows its subject through 柏崎驍二's distinct perspective.
A haiku collection centered on the sensations of sea and growth, contemplating natural and human time. Within the brevity of haiku, it lets landscape and spirituality resonate.
群生海 is an award-recognized work that follows its subject through 大峯あきら's distinct perspective.