Ernest Christopher Dowson

Japanese: ダウソン - だうそん(英語表記)Ernest Christopher Dowson
Ernest Christopher Dowson

British poet. One of the fin de siècle poets. When he was young, he suffered the misfortune of his parents committing suicide one after the other. He himself was sickly, pale and sensitive. He dropped out of Oxford University, went to France, and after returning to England, he associated with the poets of the Rhymer's Club, who were influenced by Pater, and contributed to magazines such as The Yellow Book and Savoy. He later converted to Catholicism. His works include the novel The Comedy of Masks (1893) and the collection of short stories The Dilemmas (1895), but his masterpiece, Anthology of Poems (1896), is a highly crystallized lyric poem addressing the eternal woman "Cynara." He died on February 23, 1900.

[Hiroshi Debuchi]

"Dawson Poems, translated by Sakio Sekigawa, 2 volumes (1975, Taigado)" "Dilemma and Other Short Stories, translated by Teiichi Hirai (1972, Shichosha)"

Source: Shogakukan Encyclopedia Nipponica About Encyclopedia Nipponica Information | Legend

Japanese:

イギリスの詩人。世紀末派詩人の1人。若いころ両親が相次いで自殺するという不幸にみまわれた。彼自身も病弱で、青白い繊細な感受性の持ち主であった。オックスフォード大学を中退、フランスに渡り帰国後、ペイターの影響下にある「ライマーズ・クラブ」の詩人たちと交わり、『イエロー・ブック』『サボイ』などの雑誌に寄稿する。のちカトリックに改宗。小説『仮面の喜劇』(1893)、短編集『ジレンマ』(1895)などがあるが、永遠の女性「シナラ」に呼びかけた叙情詩が結晶度の高い傑作で、『詩歌集』(1896)がある。1900年2月23日没。

[出淵 博]

『関川左木夫訳『ダウソン詩集』全二巻(1975・大雅堂)』『平井呈一訳『ディレムマ、その他短篇小説』(1972・思潮社)』

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