Mutsuo Takahashi

Takahashi, 2009

Mutsuo Takahashi ( Japanese 高橋睦郎 , Takahashi Mutsuo; born 15. December 1937 in Yahata in Fukuoka Prefecture ) is a Japanese poet.

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Mutsuo Takahashi graduated from Fukuoka Normal School . The poems he wrote as a teenager were published in 1959 under the title "Mino, atashi no oushi" (ミ ノ ・ あ た し の 雄 牛), such as "Mino, my bull". His second collection of poems from 1964 is called “Bara no ki: Nise no koibitotachi” (薔薇 の 木 ・ に せ の 恋人 た ち), “Rosenstock, imitation lovers”.

Takahashi, a prolific writer, also wrote an autobiographical work in 1970, "Jūni no enkei" (十二 の 遠景) - "Twelve Perspectives", further short stories, then in 1972 "Sei-sankakukei" (聖 三角形), "The Sacred Triangle" , a novel. "Zen no henreki" (善 の 遍 歴) - "Pilgrimage of the good" 1974. The novel describes how a young man from the province roams the red light district of Tōkyō, a parody of the Buddhist search for the good.

Takahashi's other works include "Ōkoku no kōzō" (王国 の 構造) - "Structure of a kingdom" 1982, "Usagi no niwa" (兎 の 庭) - "The rabbit's garden" 1987, "Keiko onjiki" (稽古 飲食) - “Training in eating and drinking” 1987, “Ane no shima - shūzō shinwa ni yoru kazoku-shi no kokoromi” (姉 の 島 ―― 宗 像 神話 に よ る 家族史 の 試 み) “The sister's island - attempt at a family history as a mythology of faith "1995," Ōjo media "(王 女 メ デ ィ ア) -" Princess Media "1998.

Two themes run through Takahashi's work. On the one hand he is concerned with homosexual eroticism, on the other hand he deals with religion, ranging from the Roman Catholic faith, the Eastern Orthodox faith to Mahāyāna Buddhism.

In 2017 Takahashi was honored as a person with special cultural merits . In the same year he also became a member of the Academy of Arts . His work has received numerous prizes, including the 1987 Yomiuri Literature Prize for "Keiko onjiki" and the 1988 Takami Jun Prize for "Usagi no niwa".

literature

• S. Noma (Ed.): Takahashi Mutsuo . In: Japan. An Illustrated Encyclopedia. Kodansha, 1993. ISBN 4-06-205938-X , p. 1507.

Web links

• Takahashi Mutsuo in the Kotobank, Japanese