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
PhD Student