Nejime Shōichi

Nejime Shōichi [ねじめ正一]
Born	June 16, 1948
Occupation	Author
Nationality	Japanese

In this Japanese name, the family name is "Nejime".

Nejime Shōichi (ねじめ 正一, 祢寝 正一^?, born June 16, 1948) is a Japanese poet and novelist^[1] born on June 16, 1948.^[2] He dropped out of Aoyama Gakuin University while he was majoring in economics.

Biography

While in Aoyama, he ran a business known as Nejime Mingeiten, a folk craft store. He also was a member of a grass lot baseball team known as the "Fouls". In 1989, he won the Naoki Prize. In 1997, he became the first champion of "Poetry Boxing". In 2001, he was in charge of the NHK panel "Words of Power, Poems of Power"

Novels

• Poetry Anthologies
• Negima Shoichi Shishu (Negima Shoichi Poetry Anthology)
• Noumaku Menma
• Koenji Junjo Shōtengai (Koenji pure heart shopping street)

Essays

• I want to give the power of words
• The enigma of a Nagasaki home.
• 200 Letters to Nagasaki
• Nejime's bruxism

Awards

• 1989 Naoki Prize.^[2]
• One of his stories appears in Read Real Japanese

References

1. ^ 重松清 (18 November 2007). "荒地の恋　[著]ねじめ正一". http://book.asahi.com/review/TKY200711200289.html. Retrieved 2010-07-18. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "ねじめ正一さんの私の1冊「国旗が垂れる」尾辻克彦". NHK. January 09, 2009. http://www.nhk.or.jp/book100/archive/090109.html. Retrieved 2010-07-18. 

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