Stockholm university

Damiana De GennaroPhD student

About me

I am a PhD student at Stockholm University.

My current research looks at Japanese tanka poetry from a feminist perspective, putting an emphasis on recent creations of the postdigital era. I investigate three aspects: the mutuality of old form and new content; the potentials and limitations of political engagement; tanka poetry's cultural particularity and its transcultural flow.

This research was awarded the Scandinavia-Japan Sasakawa Foundation (SJSF) 2025 PhD Research Grant.

As a translator, I edited the Italian edition of Tawara Machi's Sarada kinenbi (Interno Poesia, 2024).

I have published two poetry collections: Aspettare la rugiada (Raffaelli, 2017) and Shibuya Crossing (Interno Poesia, 2019; shortlisted for Ceppo International Prize 2021).

Teaching

Co-teaching on the course Japanese II, JKA223.

Research

Research interests: Contemporary Japanese Literarure

Research areas: Feminist Studies; Lyric Poetry Studies

 

Publications

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