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胞衣

Chunichi Poetry Award

胞衣

作田教子

A collection of nineteen poems about the time of childhood within a closed world. Shedding a sense of confinement like a thick membrane, the poems follow a winding path toward graduation while carrying unforgettable pain. It received the 60th Chunichi Poetry Prize.

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Work Information

The journey of children who peel themselves away from a thick membrane and walk toward graduation carrying pain.

Ena is a poetry collection published by Kyoko Sakuda through Shichōsha in 2019. Across nineteen poems, it observes feelings that cannot become voices, invisible pain, and children stepping out from enclosed time. It received the 60th Chunichi Poetry Prize.

Review Summaries

  • The collection is discussed through its childlike view of the world. Its connection between a sense of enclosure and the process of growing up offers a way into the poems.

Book Information

Publisher
思潮社
Published
2019-09-30
Pages
84 pages
Language
日本語
Size
12.7 x 0.9 x 18.1 cm
ISBN-13
9784783736783
ISBN-10
4783736782
Price
2670 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論/詩歌/詩集/現代詩

「ほんとうはかなしいっていう意味は知らない」。もっとも閉ざされた世界の中に押し込められた、永遠に続いてゆくかのような子どもの時間。 からみつく厚い膜から身をはがし、忘れられない痛みを携え「卒業」へと歩み出す、曲がりくねったぼくたちの道程、全19篇。

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