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Kōichi Iijima

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Kōichi Iijima
Born(1930-02-25)February 25, 1930
Okayama City
DiedOctober 14, 2013(2013-10-14) (aged 83)
Tokyo
Occupationwriter, university professor
LanguageJapanese
NationalityJapanese
Alma materTokyo University
Period1953-2013
Literary movementsurrealism, modernism[1]
ChildrenYōichi Iijima

Kōichi Iijima (飯島いいじま耕一こういち, Iijima Kōichi, February 25, 1930- October 14, 2013) was a Japanese poet, novelist, and translator. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy.

Biography[edit]

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 Ōoka 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, Brassaï, Joan Miró i Ferrà, Henry Miller, Marcel Aymé, Guillaume Apollinaire, etc.

He died on October 14, 2013, at a Tokyo hospital of malabsorption syndrome.[4]

Personal life[edit]

He is the father of architecture critic Yōichi Iijima.

Awards[edit]

  • Takami Jun Award for ゴヤのファースト・ネームは (Goya no first name wa) (1974)
  • Tōson kinen rekitei Award for 飯島いいじま耕一こういち詩集ししゅう (Iijima Kōichi shishũ) (1978)
  • Gendai shijin Award for よる夢想むそうするしょう太陽たいよう独言ひとりごと (Yoru wo musōsuru shotaiyō no dokugen) (1983)
  • Bunkamura Prix des Deux Magots for 暗殺あんさつひゃく美人びじん (Ansatsu hyaku bijin) (1996)
  • Yomiuri Prize for アメリカ (America) (2005)
  • Nihon gendai ishika bungakukan Award (2005)

References[edit]

  1. ^ "飯島いいじま耕一こういち死去しきょ 詩人しじん" (in Japanese). Nihon Keizai Shimbun. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  2. ^ "訃報ふほう:飯島いいじま耕一こういちさん83さい詩人しじん日本にっぽん芸術げいじゅついん会員かいいん" (in Japanese). Mainichi Shimbun. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  3. ^ "詩人しじん飯島いいじま耕一こういちさん死去しきょ" (in Japanese). NHK. Archived from the original on October 23, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
  4. ^ "詩人しじん飯島いいじま耕一こういちさん死去しきょ他人たにんそら」「アメリカ」" (in Japanese). Asahi Shimbun. Retrieved October 23, 2013.