Sakutaro Hagiwara ( Japanese. 原 朔 太郎 Hagiwara Sakutaro :) (November 1, 1886 - May 11, 1942) - Japanese writer and poet. Reformer of Japanese poetry.
| Sakutaro Hagiwara | |
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| Date of Birth | November 1, 1886 |
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| Date of death | May 11, 1942 (55 years old) |
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| Citizenship |  Japan |
| Occupation | poet |
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Biography
Creativity
Hagiwara experimented a lot with language, trying to understand and modify poetry as an art. He was especially interested in the tank genre (his own were published including in the magazines Bunkō, Shinsei and Myōjō), inspired by Akiko Yosano's poems. In his youth he published his poems in magazines, then he took part in their creation together with friends. He took an active part in the activities of several poetry groups common to Japanese literature of the 1920s. Many of Hagiwara’s works have been criticized for the author’s pessimism .
Personal life
The son of a provincial doctor. He did not graduate from college and did not have a permanent job until he took up literary work (he made his first attempts at publishing at 15). About 18 years old had a relationship with an unknown woman, who later in his poems he displayed as “Elena” and considered him a muse. However, under the influence of relatives, she married another. He was twice married. From his first wife, who then went to another, had two daughters - Yoko (1920-2005) and Akirako (b. 1922). Having learned in childhood, he played the mandolin professionally. All his life he relied on the material support of his wealthy family, which allowed him to lead a bohemian lifestyle and periodically experiment with studying at a particular university. At the time of death (at the age of 55 years and after two marriages) he was a student of the next. In 1915, he tried to commit suicide on the basis of poor health and alcoholism . At different periods of his life he was fond of Nietzsche , Schopenhauer and Japanese folk culture.
He died in 1942 from a lung cancer that was never diagnosed during his life, which the doctors considered pneumonia to the writer’s last year’s illness.
Compositions
- Tsuki ni Hoeru (Howling at the Moon, Howling at the Moon). The first anthology of Hagiwara poetry. It caused a sensation and a flurry of criticism.
- Aoneko ("Blue Cat", "Blue Cat"), 1923. An even greater sensation, which caused even more criticism.
- Other jobs
- Hyōtō ("Icy Island", "Ice Island") 1934. The largest anthology of Hagiwara's poems.
Notes
- ↑ BNF ID : 2011 Open Data Platform .