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