Japan Art Academy Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 53 (1997) award
Jun Amemiya
あめみや じゅん
Amemiya Jun
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1975-04-10 （Minato-ku, Tokyo）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2000-
- Influenced By
- Haruki Murakami
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | 文学士 | 1993-1997 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Degree:
文学士
Period:
1993-1997
Year of Graduation:
1997
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Akutagawa Prize | The Silent Forest | — | Japan Literature Promotion Society | 受賞 |
Akutagawa Prize
2015
Work:
The Silent Forest
Organization:
Japan Literature Promotion Society
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Silent Forest
2015 Novel 234 pagesA serene tale set in a rural forest.
NatureSolitude
Adaptations
- [Film] The Silent Forest / 山田太郎 (2018)
Translations
- The Silent Forest (English Translation)
Bibliography
- The Silent Forest
- Summer Scenery
- City at Dawn
Adaptations
- Summer Scenery (TV Drama)
Translations of Works
- The Silent Forest (Spanish)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- IntrospectiveLyrical
- Recurring Motifs
- ForestsLoneliness
Legacy
Brought a fresh breeze to contemporary fiction with serene yet profound depictions of nature.
Academic Societies
- Japan Society for Contemporary Literature
In Popular Culture
- Triggered a tourism boom in forest settings
Quotes
-
We all carry a forest within our hearts.
Source: The Silent Forest (2015)
Trivia
- The forest in the story is based on a real forest.