Kōichi Iijima
Japanese linguist, novelist and poet
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Kōichi Iijima (飯島耕一, Iijima Kōichi; February 25, 1930- October 14, 2013) was a Japanese poet, novelist, and translator. He was a member of the Japan Art Academy.
Kōichi Iijima | |
|---|---|
| Born | February 25, 1930 |
| Died | October 14, 2013 (aged 83) |
| Education | Tokyo University |
| Occupations | writer, university professor |
| Children | Yōichi Iijima |
| Writing career | |
| Language | Japanese |
| Period | 1953-2013 |
Movements | surrealism, modernism[1] |
Biography
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
He is the father of architecture critic Yōichi Iijima.
Awards
- 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 飯島耕一詩集 (Iijima Kōichi shishũ) (1978)
- Gendai shijin Award for 夜を夢想する小太陽の独言 (Yoru wo musōsuru shotaiyō no dokugen) (1983)
- Bunkamura Prix des Deux Magots for 暗殺百美人 (Ansatsu hyaku bijin) (1996)
- Yomiuri Prize for アメリカ (America) (2005)
- Nihon gendai ishika bungakukan Award (2005)