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Zero Amamori

あまもり ぜろ

Amamori Zero

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1970-01-01 (Yamagata Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1994-

Education

Meikai University
Country: Japan
Dropped out

Awards

Bungei Prize
1994
Work: Necklace
Organization: Bungei (literary magazine)
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Necklace

1995 Fiction

Debut work. Winner of the 31st Bungei Prize; early reviews described the author as "a talent reminiscent of Capote."

nostalgiainner life

Run to the Far Side of the Moon

1996 Fiction

Published in 1996. Subsequent literary activity by the author has not been confirmed.

lonelinessjourney

Bibliography

  • Necklace (1995)
  • Run to the Far Side of the Moon (1996)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical and introspectiveconcise prose
Recurring Motifs
moonjourneyloneliness

Legacy

A writer who attracted brief attention in the 1990s. Included in regional literary anthologies of Yamagata, but subsequent activity and current whereabouts are unknown.

Archives

  • National Diet Library (NDL) identifier: 00375207

Quotes

  • a talent reminiscent of Capote
    Source: Bungei review (literary criticism) (1995)

Trivia

  • Dropped out of Meikai University
  • Won the 31st Bungei Prize in 1994 (for 'Necklace')
  • Current whereabouts are unknown
  • Authority identifiers registered: ISNI 0000000377298653, VIAF 254735901, NDL 00375207