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第35回（1985年） award
Shohei Ando
あんどう しょうへい
Ando Shohei
ペンネーム:
Sho Ando（Pen name used for early short story publications）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1978-04-12 （Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Tokyo, Japan (birth through student years) → Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan (period of literary activity)
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, screenwriter
- 活動期間
- 2003年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Haruki Murakami, Osamu Yoshida
- 影響を与えた人物
- Young Author A
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | 学士 | 1997-2001 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
学位:
学士
期間:
1997-2001
卒業年:
2001
国:
Japan
Published short stories in literary magazines while enrolled.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Akutagawa Prize | To the Quiet Sea | — | Japan Literary Promotion Society | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Yomiuri Literary Prize (Fiction) | Smoky City | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
Akutagawa Prize
2015
対象作品:
To the Quiet Sea
主催:
Japan Literary Promotion Society
結果:
受賞
Yomiuri Literary Prize (Fiction)
2019
対象作品:
Smoky City
主催:
Yomiuri Shimbun
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
To the Quiet Sea
2014年 Contemporary fiction (novel) 320ページSet in a small seaside town, the novel explores memory, loss, and family reconciliation. The restrained prose follows the interior lives of its characters.
memorylossfamily
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] To the Quiet Sea / 佐藤健 (2017)
翻訳
- English translation: To the Quiet Sea (2018)
Smoky City
2011年 Urban novel 240ページA linked novel about the loneliness and missed connections of urban inhabitants, composed of short, sharp chapters.
lonelinessurban lifechance
映像化・舞台化
- [Television drama] Smoky City / 中村徹 (2013)
翻訳
- Partial English translation
全著作
- Smoky City (2011)
- To the Quiet Sea (2014)
- Trees at Night (short stories, 2006)
- Small Acts of Resistance (essays, 2018)
翻案
- To the Quiet Sea (film, 2017)
- Smoky City (TV drama, 2013)
作品の翻訳
- To the Quiet Sea — English translation (2018)
作風・主題
- 文体
- restrained descriptionintrospective narration
- 頻出モチーフ
- sea and watermiscommunicationrebirth after loss
評価・遺産
Recognized for depictions of urban loneliness and quiet renewal, he is regarded as an important voice in contemporary Japanese literature. Several adaptations have broadened his popular impact.
記念館・博物館
- Shohei Ando Memorial Room Komachi, Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan 2022年開館
関連学会
- Contemporary Japanese Literature Society
資料所蔵先
- Waseda University Theatre and Film Archive (manuscript donation)
大衆文化への影響
- Film adaptations expanded his recognition among general audiences
引用
-
Memory quietly but surely reshapes who we are.
出典: To the Quiet Sea (novel) (2014年)
豆知識
- A café appearing in his novels is modeled on a real café he frequented.
- The Akutagawa Prize-winning work was his first major prize for a full-length novel.