KÅichi Iijima
KÅichi Iijima | |
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Born |
Okayama City | February 25, 1930
Died |
October 14, 2013 83) Tokyo | (aged
Occupation | writer, university professor |
Language | Japanese |
Nationality | Japanese |
Alma mater | Tokyo University |
Period | 1953-2013 |
Literary movement | surrealism, modernism[1] |
Children | YÅichi Iijima |
KÅichi Iijima (飯島耕一 Iijima KÅichi, February 25, 1930- October 14, 2013) was a Japanese poet, novelist, and translator. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy.
Born in Okayama City, Iijima graduated from the French Literature Department of Tokyo University.[2] While in university he established together with, among others, Isamu Kurita the magazine Cahier. In 1956, he and Makoto ÅŒoka were among the founders of the Surrealism Research Society.[3]
In 1953, he published his first collection of poems, Tanin no sora ("Another person's sky"). In 2008, he was elected a member of the Japan Art Academy. He also worked as a professor at Meiji University and Kokugakuin University. He translated or wrote about Henri Barbusse, Antonin Artaud, Brassai, Joan Miró i Ferrà , Henry Miller, Marcel Aymé, Guillaume Apollinaire, etc.
He is the father of architecture critic YÅichi Iijima.
He died on October 14, 2013, at a Tokyo hospital of malabsorption syndrome.[4]
Awards
- Takami Jun Award for ゴヤã®ãƒ•ァースト・ãƒãƒ¼ãƒ 㯠("Goya no first name wa") (1974)
- TÅson kinen rekitei Award for 飯島耕一詩集 ("Iijima KÅichi shishÅ©") (1978)
- Gendai shijin Award for 夜を夢想ã™ã‚‹å°å¤ªé™½ã®ç‹¬è¨€ ("Yoru wo musÅsuru shotaiyÅ no dokugen") (1983)
- Bunkamura Prix des Deux Magots for 暗殺百美人 (Ansatsu hyaku bijin"") (1996)
- Yomiuri Prize for アメリカ ("Amerika") (2005)
- Nihon gendai ishika bungakukan Award (2005)
References
- ↑ "飯島耕一æ°ãŒæ»åŽ»ã€€è©©äºº" (in Japanese). Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ↑ "è¨ƒå ±:飯島耕一ã•ん83æ³ï¼è©©äººã€æ—¥æœ¬èŠ¸è¡“é™¢ä¼šå“¡" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ↑ "詩人ã®é£¯å³¶è€•一ã•ã‚“æ»åŽ»" (in Japanese). NHK. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
- ↑ "詩人ã®é£¯å³¶è€•一ã•ã‚“æ»åŽ»ã€€ã€Œä»–äººã®ç©ºã€ã€Œã‚¢ãƒ¡ãƒªã‚«ã€" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved October 23, 2013.