Nobuo Ayukawa

Poet. Born on August 23, 1920 in Koishikawa, Tokyo. His real name was Ryuichi Uemura. He went on to study English at Waseda University, and in 1939 (Showa 14), he founded the poetry magazine Arechi (Arechi) with Yoshinobu Morikawa and others. After dropping out of university in 1942, he enlisted in the Seventh Eastern Regiment. In 1945 (Showa 20), while at a sanatorium for wounded soldiers in Fukui, he wrote Wartime Notes (published in 1965), which is said to be an ideological testimony of the war generation. His work The Dead Man, published in 1947, announced the start of his postwar poetry and established his position in the poetry world. In the same year, he founded the poetry magazine Arechi (Arechi) (2nd edition) with Taro Kitamura, Ryuichi Tamura, and Toyichiro Miyoshi (published the following year with the 6th issue in 1948). In 1951, he began publishing the anthology "Wasteland Poetry Collection," which begins with his famous manifesto "Dedication to X," which states that "the present day is a wasteland." In 1955, he published "Nobuo Ayukawa Collected Poems," and in 1965, he published "Nobuo Ayukawa Complete Poetry Collection," a collection of all his works, which clarified the essence of postwar poetry. His collection of poems, "Shukurerinko" (1978), is a masterpiece that focuses on personal transformation. "Nobuo Ayukawa Collected Works" clearly traces the thoughts of a poet who lived through a turbulent era. He passed away on October 17, 1986.

[Motosumi Shuto]

"The Collected Works of Nobuo Ayukawa" 10 volumes (1973-1976, Shichosha)

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詩人。大正9年8月23日東京・小石川に生まれる。本名上村隆一。早稲田(わせだ)大学英文科に進み、1939年（昭和14）森川義信(よしのぶ)らと詩誌『荒地(あれち)』を創刊。1942年大学中退後、東部七連隊に入隊。1945年（昭和20）福井の傷病軍人療養所で、戦争世代の思想的証言といわれる『戦中手記』（1965刊）を書く。1947年発表の『死んだ男』は、戦後詩の出発を告知するもので、詩壇における位置を確定した。同年、北村太郎、田村隆一、三好豊一郎(とよいちろう)らと詩誌『荒地』（第二次）を創刊（翌1948年6号で終刊）。1951年よりアンソロジー『荒地詩集』を刊行、巻頭に「現代は荒地である」という有名なマニフェスト「Xへの献辞」を布置している。1955年に『鮎川信夫詩集』を出し、1965年には全作品を集めた『鮎川信夫全詩集』を上梓(じょうし)、戦後詩の核心が明確になった。詩集『宿恋行(しゅくれんこう)』（1978）は自己の変容を凝視した傑作。『鮎川信夫著作集』は激動の時代を生きた詩人の思索のあとを明示している。昭和61年10月17日没。

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『『鮎川信夫著作集』全10巻（1973～1976・思潮社）』

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