"The repetitive sentence structure of 'From tomorrow on' in 'Facing the Sea' weaves hope and disillusionment into a duet, a pure poetry never seen before in postwar Japan." - National poet Shuntaro Tanikawa
“The night gives the eyes not only the mission of finding light (A Generation), but also a silent accusation of the trauma of war. This short poem, as concise as a haiku, is as powerful as the Hiroshima Memorial.” - Kenzaburo Oe, Nobel Prize winner in Literature
"While the young poet used 'Black Eyes' to deconstruct the shackles of ideology, most Japanese poets and writers were still sleeping in consumerism. These two poems are enough to awaken our literary conscience" - literary critic Kunio Tsuji.
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In 1977, the Japanese literary world was in the transition period between the new generation and the older generation of writers.
Because of Japan's rapid economic development and the superior material environment, most of the new generation of poets and writers have filled their works with flashy and superficial ideas.
As a result, the older generation of writers and critics are full of concerns about the future of the entire Japanese literary world.
Such a prosperous economy is undoubtedly a golden age for all Japanese citizens.
But for the Japanese literary world, it was tantamount to a disaster.
Without sufficient suffering and setbacks, it is difficult to create great literary works.
Throughout history, both at home and abroad, almost all literary works that will go down in history were created when the author was at the lowest point in his life.
Suffering prompts human beings to think and reflect, and the seeds of literary inspiration can only bloom into gorgeous flowers in the soil of suffering.
so……
When a group of Japanese writers who were jealous of Haizi's fame published articles in major newspapers and magazines to criticize "Facing the Sea, Spring Flowers Blooming", "A Generation" and "Scars".
Several big-name writers in the Japanese literary world immediately stood up resolutely and made comments with a very resolute attitude, strongly supporting Haizi to the end.
Wow!
If this happens, it will be terrible!
Whether it is Kenzaburo Oe or Shuntaro Tanikawa, they both hold an important position in the Japanese literary world.
Once masters like them open their mouths, it can almost be said that the final word is spoken.
Even if other petty people were dissatisfied with Haizi's fame, they had to admit that Haizi, a rising star in the literary world, had already risen and received the most authoritative certification.
The editorial departments of the three top literary magazines, New Trend, Group Portrait, and Literary World, have placed extremely high hopes on the works they have selected.
The reason why the three magazines put aside their past grudges and were willing to publish these three works together.
On the one hand, I don’t want such an important work to be published by the other two competitors but not by myself.
On the other hand, we also hope to boost the confidence and hope of the Japanese literary world by paying attention to Haizi's works.
Their editors-in-chief also published articles calling on Japanese writers and poets to learn from Haizi, the rising star in the literary world.
Publish more works with thoughts and spirit, instead of indulging in material extravagance and desires all day long, which seems very superficial and ridiculous.
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"Huizi, this is simply unbelievable. Look, I bought all the news and newspapers about Haizi in the past two days."
Lin Tongchun walked into his daughter Keiko Kobayashi's office with a stack of newspapers and magazines, and said with a tut of his lips, "It's hard to imagine that a Chinese like Lin Huowang, his works could cause such a sensation in the Japanese literary world."
Lin Tongchun was well aware of the sensational effect of Lin Huowang's popularity in the domestic literary world.
However, he never expected that his daughter would translate Lin Huowang's works into Japan and receive such high recognition.
This also completely overturned his stereotype of the Japanese literary world, because Japan is a society that appears to be open on the surface, but is essentially more conservative and feudal than China.
Apart from anything else, in any purely Japanese company, the hierarchy is very strict.
There is a joke that even some signed documents that are reported layer by layer have to be signed with a bow at each level!
Moreover, every field in Japan belongs to a very strictly controlled "circle", and it is quite difficult for outsiders to integrate into this "circle".
Not to mention a foreigner like Lin Huowang. According to common sense, his work would be blocked by Japanese editors at the submission stage.
As soon as people see that you are Chinese, no matter how good the quality of your manuscript is, it will be rejected based on the preconceived impression.
"Huh? But it's a bit strange. Why do these newspapers call Haizi a rising star in the Japanese literary world?"
After taking a closer look at the comments in newspapers and magazines, Lin Tongchun asked with a bit of surprise.
Kobayashi Keiko chuckled and said, "Dad! This is because when I submitted the article, I did not say...Haizi is Chinese!"
Those editors, with their habitual thinking, submitted all the manuscripts in Japanese, and the address of submission was also Tokyo, so the authors must be Japanese!"
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Upon hearing his daughter's clever answer, Lin Tongchun burst into laughter and pointed at her and said, "You are doing this in secret! These Japanese scholars and writers have been praising for a long time, but in the end, they found out that they were praising a Chinese.
I really want to see how ugly these people's faces will be."
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