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Tanaka Hiroaki Prize たなかひろあきしょう

Edition 3 (2012)

Haiku awardsLiterature awards named after a person

Winners

1 people
Etsushi Seki せき えつし award

六十億本の回転する曲がつた棒 is a 句集 by 関悦史. A haiku collection that captures the speed of contemporary society and bodily sensation through compressed language. Strange metaphors and hard-edged images bring out the world’s unease.

六十億本の回転する曲がつた棒 builds its world around haiku.

133 pages
haikucontemporary societybodily sensationmetaphor