Yoshimasu Gozo
Japanese poet, photographer and writer · Japan · On the map · Writers · Born 1939 · age 87
Gōzō Yoshimasu is a prolific Japanese poet, photographer, artist and filmmaker active since the 1960s.
Yoshimasu Gozo is read about 48 times a day, in 11 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 13 June 2026
The middle day of the days counted, so one week of news cannot move it. The line under it is the last 60 days, one point a day.
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2013Person of Cultural MeritAward2003Medal with Purple RibbonAward1984Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary PoetryAward1971Jun Takami AwardAward1939Born22 February 1939
Media & music
Awards
About this person
He has received a number of literary and cultural awards, including the Takami Jun Prize (1971), the Rekitei Prize, the Purple Ribbon Medal in 2003, the 50th Mainichi Art Award for Poetry (2009), and the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays in 2013.
Country
Japan
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1939 · age 87
Where to find them
The same award as Yoshimasu
Michiko IshimureBoth received Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary PoetryHisaki MatsuuraBoth received Jun Takami Award
Mutsuo TakahashiBoth received Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary PoetryKazuko ShiraishiBoth received Jun Takami Award
Seiji TsutsumiBoth received Hanatsubaki Award for Contemporary PoetryTaku MikiBoth received Jun Takami Award