was a Japanese poet and painter. He was a recipient of the

Yomiuri Prize The is a literary award in Japan. The prize was founded in 1949 by the Yomiuri Shinbun Company to help form a "strong cultural nation". The winner is awarded two million Japanese yen and an inkstone. Award categories For the first two years, a ...

Biography

Mitsuharu Kaneko was born in

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and attended the private Catholic school Gyosei Gakuen in Tokyo. He published his first poetry collection ''Akatsuchi no Ie'' (Red Clay House) in 1919. He was known as an anti-establishment figure, and during the

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, he deliberately made his son ill, so he would not be drafted. As well as publishing several volumes of poetry, he was also known for his autobiographical works. In 1954, he received the 5th

Selected bibliography

Poetry *''Kohro (The Censor)'', private edition, Tokyo, 1916 *''Sekido no ie (The House of Red Clay)'', private edition, Tokyo, 1919 *''Koganemushi (Japanese Beetle)'', Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1923 *''Dai-furan shoh (Ode to Great Putrefaction)'', unpublished, 1923 *''Mizu no ruroh (Wanderings of Water)'', Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1926 *''Fuka shizumu (The Shark Sinks)'', co-authored with Mori Michiyo, Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1927 *''Same (Sharks)'', Jinminsha, Tokyo, 1937 *''Rakkasan (Parachute)'', Nihon mirai-ha hakkosho, Tokyo, 1948 *''Ga (Moth)'', Hokutoshoin, Tokyo, 1948 *''Onna-tachi e no eregii (Elegies to Women)'', Sogensha, Tokyo, 1949 *''Oni no ko no uta (Songs of a Devil’s Child)'', Jyuhjiya Shoten, Tokyo, 1949 *''Ningen no higeki (Human Tragedy)'', Sogensha, Tokyo, 1952 *''Hijoh (Merciless)'', Shinchosha, Tokyo, 1955 *''Collected Poems (5 volumes)'', Shoshi Yuriika/Shoushinsha, Tokyo, 1960–1971 *''He no yoh na uta (Songs Like a Fart)'', Schichosha, Tokyo, 1962 *''IL, Keisoshobo'', Tokyo, 1965 *''Wakaba no uta (Songs of Young Leaves)'', Keisoshobo, Tokyo, 1967 *''Complete Poems'', Chikumashobo, Tokyo, 1967 *''Aijyo 69 (Love 69)'', Chikumashobo, Tokyo, 1968 *''Hana to akibin (Flowers and Empty Bottles)'', Seigashobo, Tokyo, 1973 Essays *''Marei Ran’in Kikoh (Malay and Dutch East Indies Travelogue)'', 1940 *''Shijin (Poet)'', Heibonsha, Tokyo, 1957, an autobiography *''Dokuro-hai (Skull Cup)'', Chuoh kohron sha, Tokyo, 1971 *''Nemure pari (Go to Sleep, Paris)'', Chuo kohron sha, Tokyo, 1973 *''Nishi higashi (West and East''), Chuoh kohron sha, Tokyo, 1974 Works in English *''Opposition'' in ''99 Poems in Translation'', New York, Grove Press, 1994

References

External links

Poetry International Rotterdam
' {{DEFAULTSORT:Kaneko, Mitsuharu 1895 births 1975 deaths People from Tsushima, Aichi Artists from Aichi Prefecture 20th-century Japanese poets Yomiuri Prize winners Writers from Aichi Prefecture