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Tanka Research Newcomer Award たんかけんきゅうしんじんしょう

Edition 24 (1981)

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Winners

1 people
奈賀美和子 ながみ わこ award

"Hosoki Sori" is a tanka sequence by Wako Nagami that received the 24th Tanka Kenkyu Newcomer Award in 1981. It was recognized as the work of an emerging poet who captures delicate shifts in everyday perception and the body through sharp metaphor and restrained language.

An award-winning tanka sequence that reflects subtle movements of feeling through taut poetic language.

205 pages
tankabodily perceptioneveryday lifeemerging poetlyricism