Poetry
小熊秀雄詩集
Not translated into English
Hideo Oguma · 1935
Synopsis
The collection, of three hundred and five pages, opens with a first section in which a farrier's song and a poem composed in the saddle follow one another, according to the National Diet Library record. It has been seen as a poetry that sings with ardour of freedom and the ideal, and that brought a fresh breath to the poetry of its time. Kotobank describes in the author a satirical and voluble writing, in everyday language, like speech that does not stop, capable of denouncing oppression.
Context
The volume appeared in 1935 from Kōshinsha, in Tokyo, according to the catalogue of the Diet, under a cover drawn by the painter Terada Masaaki, according to the poetry site Marui sora. The same year appeared a long narrative sequence in verse by the same author, and it is together that the two books established his reputation. A posthumous collection followed his death, and an anthology of his poems translated by David G. Goodman appeared in English in 1989.
Who it is for
Long, free verse, in a colloquial language. Nothing exists in French; an anthology exists in English.
Prizes and reception
The city of Asahikawa, in Hokkaido, has awarded since 1968 a poetry prize that bears the name of the author of the collection.
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