Gania Nishimura (西村我尼吾, Nishimura Gania, born April 16, 1952 in Osaka Prefecture, real name Hidetoshi Nishimura) is a Japanese poet and an international civil servant.[1]

Career

He graduated from the Faculty of Law, the University of Tokyo. He studied Haiku under Seison Yamaguchi, engaged as a chief editor of Haiku Group called "Genseirin" and a leader of Haiku Group called Hototogisu in the University of Tokyo.

He joined the Ministry of International Trade and Industry in 1976. He received his master's degree from Yale University in 1982. He participated in founding the haiku magazine "Ten'i" as a promoter in 1990. He has assumed numerous positions, including Representative of the Asia-Pacific Region of the Japan Overseas Development Corporation in 1993.

In 1996, he organized "Short Poem International Symposium" in Phuket Province, Thailand. In 1998, he was posted to Ehime Prefecture, Japan. and published an anthology of haiku entitled "Bureaucrat".[2][3][4] He participated in the drafting of the Matsuyama Declaration[5] in 1999, and supervised the joint translation.[6]

He was engaged in the establishment of the Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Awards in 2000, the 21st Century Ehime Haiku Prizes in 2002, and the Shiba Fukio Awards for New Haiku Poets, also in 2002. Today, he serves as a consultant for screening committees of these awards and prizes.[7] He established the Asia Cosmopolitan Awards[8] in 2012. He currently works also as president of the Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia since June 2008 (his title was changed from Executive Director at June 5, 2015[9]) and visiting professor of Waseda University since April 2013 and visiting professor of Universitas Darma Persada since October 2013.

References

  1. ↑ "stuck in the mud reeds full of spaces for nymphs and me". Archived from the original on 2012-03-25. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  2. ↑ "Bureaucrat, Haiku Anthology". 2000.
  3. ↑ "Essays on BUREAUCRAT" (PDF).
  4. ↑ BUREAUCRAT in Stanford University Libraries. Shinʼ ya Sōshosha. 1998. ISBN 9784880322230.
  5. ↑ "Matsuyama Declaration" (PDF).
  6. ↑ "Matsuyama Declaration". www.kulturserver.de.
  7. ↑ "The Masaoka Shiki International Haiku Grand Prize". Archived from the original on 2011-09-29. Retrieved 2011-06-12.
  8. ↑ "Announcement of the Winners of the 1st ASIA COSMOPOLITAN AWARDS". Archived from the original on 2013-10-19. Retrieved 2012-11-30.
  9. ↑ "Eria Announces Change of Position Titles of Its Executive Members and Appointments of New COO".
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