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Takashi Hiraide

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Takashi Hiraide(Bình xuất long,Hiraide Takashi,born 21 November 1950 in Moji, now a part ofKitakyūshū, Fukuoka)is aJapanesepoet, critic, book designer, andprofessor.[1]Hiraide's most celebrated work, published in English, isThe Guest Cat(2014).The Guest Catmade theNew York Timesbest-seller list in the same year it was published in English, 2014[2]and has reached international acclaim.

Career

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Education

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Takashi Hiraide graduated fromHitotsubashi Universityin the 1970s and shortly after published his first collection of Poems, "The Inn" (1976)[3]while working as an editor atKawadeshobishinsha,a publishing house in Tokyo.[4]In 1985, Hiraide spent three months at the University of Iowa'sInternational Writing Program,as poet in residence.[5]During that time, he began writing postcards, addressed to the artist,Donald Evans.[4]In 1990, Hiraide began teaching atTama Art University,as a professor in poetics.[6]From 1998 to 1999 Hiraide was a visiting scholar at theBerlin Free University,his time there became the basis of a book later published in 2002.[4]

Exhibits

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Hiraide's poetry and book design has led him to be a guest at several literary events, some of which were international:

  1. "Shedding Light on Art in Japan, 1953" was on display at theMeguro Museum of Art, Tokyobetween June 8–July 21, 1996.[7]
  2. "Airpost Poetry - Book Design for One by One" featured at the 2016International Festival of Authorsat Harbourfront Centre,[8]sponsored byJapan FoundationinToronto,Canada.
  3. In August 2017, Hiraide was a resident at the Guest Studio of Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium,[9]an art studio inVestfossen,Norway.
  4. An exhibition at theKawamura Memorial DIC Museum of Artfrom October 2018 to January 2019, entitled: "Language and Art - Takashi Hiraide & the Artists".[10]
  5. Hiraide was also a speaker during the 8th "Land and Power" Symposium "BEING ALIVE: What does it mean to live? From the perspective of artistic anthropology"[11]at the Institute for Anthropology Art and Design, Tama Art University, held 19 October 2020.

Critical reception

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Japanese author,Kenzaburo Oe,has praised Hiraide's works as "an experiment that gives birth to a new kind of prose from within poetry".[8]His works available in English translation include,Postcards to Donald Evans(2003),For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut(2008) andThe Guest Cat(2014). Both,For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut(2008) andThe Guest Cat(2014), were published byNew Directions.Postcards to Donald Evans(2003) was an initial publication of theTibor de NagyFoundation. The book was the subject matter for a 2005 article published in theLiterature & Aesthetics,[12]a Sydney Open Journal, and a publication of theUniversity of Sydney.Postcards to Donald Evansis also featured as a part of a perpetual online exhibit ontumblr,⌥ + ␣ + esc[sic].[13]

Literary honors

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  • 1982: The original Japanese publication ofFor the Fighting of the Walnutwas awarded the Minister of Education Prize for the New Writer.[4][14]
  • 1993: The original Japanese publication ofNotes for My Left-hand Diary,won theYomiuri Literary Award.[15]
  • 2001: The original Japanese publication ofThe Guest Catwon the Kiyama Shohei Literary Award (Japanese:Mộc sơn tiệp bình văn học thưởng,Kiyama Shōhei Bungakushō,also known as theKiyama Prize).[16][17]
  • 2002:The Berlin Moment[sic], awarded The Travel Writing Award.[4]
  • 2009:For the Fighting of the Walnutwon Best Translated Book Award for Poetry.[18]
  • 2014: New York Times Bestseller List named translated work,The Guest Cat.

References

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  1. ^Nhật bổn nhân danh đại từ điển +Plus, デジタル bản."Bình xuất long (ひらいで たかし)とは".コトバンク(in Japanese).Retrieved2019-05-11.
  2. ^Cowles, Gregory (March 14, 2014)."Inside the List".The New York Times.
  3. ^vww (2014-12-04)."Takashi HIRAIDE".takashi HIRAIDE(in Japanese).Retrieved2024-02-08.
  4. ^abcdeHiraide, Takashi (2003).Postcards to Donald Evans.Translated by Iino, Tomoyuki. New York City, NY: Tibor De Nagy Editions.ISBN9781891123498.
  5. ^"Writers from Japan".International Writer's Program.
  6. ^vww (2014-12-04)."Takashi HIRAIDE".takashi HIRAIDE(in Japanese).Retrieved2024-02-08.
  7. ^"The Kuniharu Akiyama Library" Koichi Ebizuka. Art Archival Journal - KISEKI: English Edition. November 2022. Accessed 21 February 2024.[1]
  8. ^ab"TAKASHI HIRAIDE-AIRPOST POETRY -".The Japan Foundation, Toronto.Retrieved2024-02-14.
  9. ^Ansten, Nina."Takashi Hiraide".www.vestfossen.com.Retrieved2024-02-14.
  10. ^"Language and Art: Takashi Hiraide and the Artists".DIC xuyên thôn ký niệm mỹ thuật quán.3 December 2018.Retrieved2024-02-14.
  11. ^"Đệ 8 hồi “Thổ địa と lực” シンポジウム “BEING ALIVE: Sinh きるとは hà か —— vân thuật nhân loại học の thị điểm から” ".Đa ma mỹ thuật đại học アートとデザインの nhân loại học nghiên cứu sở(in Japanese). 2020-10-19.Retrieved2024-02-15.
  12. ^Claremont, Yasuko (2005)."Takashi Hiraide's Postcards to Donald Evans".Literature & Aesthetics.15(1).ISSN2200-0437.
  13. ^alt-spc-esc-eh."POSTCARDS TO DONALD EVANS".alt-spc-esc-eh.tumblr.com.Retrieved2024-02-21.
  14. ^"Takashi Hiraide's" For the Fighting Spirit of the Walnut "".Words Without Borders.Retrieved2024-02-08.
  15. ^vww (2014-12-04)."Takashi HIRAIDE".takashi HIRAIDE(in Japanese).Retrieved2024-02-08.
  16. ^Hiraide, Takashi."The Guest Cat".New Directions, ndbooks.com.Translated from Japanese by Eric Selland.
  17. ^Vidal, Juan (January 21, 2014)."Here, Kitty, Kitty: Even Dog Lovers Should Read 'The Guest Cat'".NPR.org.
  18. ^"Japanese Issue of Words Without Borders « Three Percent".Retrieved2024-02-21.


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