Yamamoto Kenkichi Literary Award やまもとけんきちぶんがくしょう
Edition 2 (2002)
Winners
7 peopleMadoka Mayuzumi’s haiku collection pairs poems with photographs to portray Kyoto’s seasons and mature love. Through seasonal words rooted in Kyoto, it joins travel atmosphere with quiet passion.
京都の恋 presents a concentrated view of 黛まどか’s award-recognized work.
Roppaku is Kiyohiro Tamai’s fifth tanka collection, grounded in introspective lyricism. Rooted in a Shikoku sense of place, it captures the shades of life through quiet language and sustained self-observation.
六白 presents a concentrated view of 玉井清弘’s award-recognized work.
Takaaki Morinaka’s long poetry collection echoes the figure of Antigone while setting the law of the state against the law of mourning. It calls back voices pushed outside history through a stage of memory, forgetting, and unrest.
シスター・アンティゴネーの暦のない墓 presents a concentrated view of 守中高明’s award-recognized work.
Hirotoshi Ikawa’s poetry collection has been described as a Heisei-era book of devoted feeling. Through elegy for a friend, urban scenes, and a light touch reminiscent of popular song, it turns loss and attachment to beauty into plain, resonant language.
そして、船は行く presents a concentrated view of 井川博年’s award-recognized work.
蛇笏と楸邨 by 平井照敏 is a work that draws readers into its subject through carefully shaped scenes and language.
A compact work that leaves a clear afterimage through its voice and structure.
金子光晴の世界 by 原満三寿 is a work that draws readers into its subject through carefully shaped scenes and language.
A compact work that leaves a clear afterimage through its voice and structure.
ひとり by ゴスペラーズ is a work that draws readers into its subject through carefully shaped scenes and language.
A compact work that leaves a clear afterimage through its voice and structure.