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ザベリオ

Ono City Poetry and Song Literary Award

ザベリオ

Oguchi Reiko

A sixth tanka collection that uses the Italian reading of Francis Xavier, 'Zaberio', as its title and rereads the world by moving between faith, history, and the perspectives of mother and child.

faithhistorymother and childmemoryre-reading

Work Information

Faith and history are revisited through the eyes of a child.

Winner of the tanka division of the 12th Ono City Poetry and Song Literature Prize. This is Ryoko Oguchi's sixth tanka collection, which rereads the world through faith, history, and family perspectives centered on Xavier. It was published by Seijisha in 2019.

Review Summaries

  • Its engagement with Xavier (Zaberio) is treated as the core of the collection, and the way it re-experiences the world through a child is praised as its appeal.

Book Information

Publisher
青磁社
Published
2019-05-15
Pages
166 pages
Language
日本語
Size
21 x 14.8 x 2.5 cm
ISBN-13
9784861984341
ISBN-10
4861984343
Price
2860 JPY
Category
本/文学・評論/詩歌/詩集

角川短歌賞を始め、現代歌人協会賞、若山牧水賞など数々の賞を受賞してきた作者の第六歌集。常に時代を見つめて詠いつづけてきた大口が、今回も様々な時代状況を旺盛に歌う。

高校時代より作歌を始める。1998年作品「ナショナリズムの夕立」50首で第44回角川短歌賞、1999年、歌集『海量(ハイリャン)』で第43回現代歌人協会賞、2003年、歌集『東北』で第1回前川佐美雄賞、2006年、歌集『ひたかみ』で第2回葛原妙子賞、2012年、歌集『トリサンナイタ』で第17回若山牧水賞、2013年、歌集『トリサンナイタ』で芸術選奨新人賞、「さくらあんぱん」28首で第49回短歌研究賞

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