
Born in Kanagawa, Japan in 1982, Ōsaki self-published her debut poetry collection, The Ground (地面), in 2011. Second anthology Pointing Impossible (指差すことができない) was published from Seidosha and awarded Nakahara Chuya Prize in 2014, her fifth work Open Hands in the Dark (暗闇に手をひらく) from Little More was awarded Hagiwara Sakutaro Prize in 2025. Her other published works include novellas, essays, picture books and reading drama play. She has been collaborating with the various artists in other fields, such as the contemporary artist Yuko Mohri, Musician Umitaro Abe and Shuta Hasunuma, dancer Mari Fukutome among others. In 2023 her first poetry collection in English, Noisy Animal, translated by Jeffrey Angles was published from Vagabond Press in Australia. In 2024 she wrote lyrics for the play “Future Boy Conan” which was premiered in Tokyo Metropolitan Theater and the Japanese lyrics for the opera “Lohengrin” by Salvatore Sciarrino, which was premiered in Kanagawa Kenmin Hall.
大崎清夏,1982年生於日本神奈川縣。2011年,她自行出版首部詩集《地面》,正式踏入文壇。第二部詩集《無法指認》(指差すことができない)由青土社出版,並於2014年榮獲中原中也獎。2025年,第五部詩集《在黑暗中攤開雙手》(暗闇に手をひらく)由Little More出版,獲得日本重要文學獎項萩原朔太郎獎。除詩歌創作外,大崎亦著有小說、散文、繪本及朗讀劇劇本等多種文類作品。她長期與不同領域的藝術家合作,包括當代藝術家毛利悠子(Yuko Mohri)、音樂家阿部海太郎(Umitaro Abe)、蓮沼執太(Shuta Hasunuma),以及舞蹈家福留麻里(Mari Fukutome)等,持續探索跨媒介與跨藝術形式的創作可能。2023年,由傑弗里·安格爾斯(Jeffrey Angles)翻譯的首部英文詩集《Noisy Animal》由澳洲Vagabond Press出版,將其作品帶向更廣泛的國際讀者。2024年,她為於東京藝術劇場首演的舞台劇《Future Boy Conan》創作歌詞,並為義大利作曲家薩爾瓦托雷·夏里諾(Salvatore Sciarrino)的歌劇《Lohengrin》撰寫日文歌詞;該劇於神奈川縣民音樂廳首演。大崎清夏以詩人、作家及跨界創作者的身份活躍於日本當代文藝界,並透過文字、聲音與表演藝術,不斷拓展詩歌與語言的邊界。
