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The Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards, named after the founder of modern Japanese
haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or se ...
, were established on the principles set forth in the
Matsuyama Declaration The Matsuyama Declaration was announced in September 1999, reviewing the prospect of world haiku in the 21st century, and the shape that the haiku must then take. The declaration was first drafted by the Coordination Council of Matsuyama (headed b ...
, adopted at the Shimanamikaido '99 Haiku Convention in
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held in September 1999. The establishment of this award attracts people's attention to
Masaoka Shiki , pen-name of Masaoka Noboru (正岡 升), was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry, credited with writing nearly 20,000 stanzas during ...
as a globally recognized poet and to
haiku is a type of short form poetry originally from Japan. Traditional Japanese haiku consist of three phrases that contain a ''kireji'', or "cutting word", 17 '' on'' (phonetic units similar to syllables) in a 5, 7, 5 pattern, and a ''kigo'', or se ...
as a short form of world poetry.


Purpose

The Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Award is awarded to people who have made the most remarkable contribution to the development and the raising awareness of the creativity of haiku regardless of nationality or language. Recipients have a strong interest in haiku and a broad, international outlook in their field. The award is not limited to any field of speciality, so that haiku poets, other poets, authors, researchers, translators, essayists, editors, and workers in all professions are considered equally.


Awardees

*The First Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards 2000 ** Grand Prize/
Yves Bonnefoy Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) was a French poet and art historian. He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of William Shakespeare which are considered among the best in French. He was pr ...
, France ** Haiku Prize/ Li Mang, China/ Bart Mesotten, Belgium/ Robert Spiess, United States of America ** EIJS Special Award/ Kazuo Sato, Japan *The Second Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards 2002 ** Haiku Prize/
Cor van den Heuvel Cor Van den Heuvel (born March 6, 1931) is an American haiku poet, editor and archivist. Biography Van den Heuvel was born in Biddeford, Maine, and grew up in Maine and New Hampshire. He lives on Long Island near his niece and still spends time w ...
, United States of America/Satya Bhushan Verma, India ** EIJS Special Award/ Shigeki Wada, Japan *The Third Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards 2004 ** Grand Prize/
Gary Snyder Gary Snyder (born May 8, 1930) is an American poet, essayist, lecturer, and environmental activist. His early poetry has been associated with the Beat Generation and the San Francisco Renaissance and he has been described as the "poet laureate of ...
, United States of America ** Haiku Prize/ Hidekazu Masuda, Brazil/Ko Reishi,
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** EIJS Special Award/ Bansei Tsukushi, Japan *The Fourth Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards 2008International Haiku Convention 2009 Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards
/ref> ** Grand Prize/ Kaneko Tohta, Japan ** Haiku Prize/ Kawahara Biwao, Japan ** Haiku Prlze Sweden Award/ Uchida Sonoo, Japan/ Lee O-Young,
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References

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International Haiku Awards Announcement of Awardees for 2008
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Yves Bonnefoy Yves Jean Bonnefoy (24 June 1923, Tours – 1 July 2016 Paris) was a French poet and art historian. He also published a number of translations, most notably the plays of William Shakespeare which are considered among the best in French. He was pr ...
(translated by Koji Kawamoto) and Description of Haiku and short form of poems and French Poets (translated by Toru Shiga) (『 Shincho』 December 2000) Poetry awards Haiku