Akutagawa Prize
1回登壇
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第124回（2000年 第2回開催） award
Ariichi Aoki
あおき ありいち
Aoki Ariichi
ペンネーム:
A. Aoki（Used for short stories and columns）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1978-04-12 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese, English
- 居住地歴
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan → Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Short story writer, Screenwriter
- 活動期間
- 2002年〜
- 所属
- Japan Writers' Association
- 所属団体
- Japan PEN Club, Japan Writers' Association
- 影響を受けた人物
- Haruki Murakami, Hiromi Kawakami
- 影響を与えた人物
- Hanako Kobayashi (fictional)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | Bachelor of Arts | 1997-2001 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
学位:
Bachelor of Arts
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Yokohama Literary Prize | Summer Veranda | 小説 | Yokohama Literature Promotion Association | winner |
| 2018 | Hokkaido Literary Prize | How to Walk at Night | 小説 | Hokkaido Literary Promotion Foundation | winner |
Yokohama Literary Prize
2011
対象作品:
Summer Veranda
部門:
小説
主催:
Yokohama Literature Promotion Association
結果:
winner
Hokkaido Literary Prize
2018
対象作品:
How to Walk at Night
部門:
小説
主催:
Hokkaido Literary Promotion Foundation
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
How to Walk at Night
2017年 Contemporary fiction 312ページSet in the city at night, this novel connects fragments of characters wandering through memory and loneliness. Through temporal ambiguity and delicate psychological portraits, it explores subtle fractures in human relationships.
lonelinessurban lifememory
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] How to Walk at Night / 佐藤健一 (2020)
翻訳
- English translation: How to Walk at Night (trans. John Smith)
- Korean translation: Bam-ui Sanchaek (trans. Kim Young)
Summer Veranda
2011年 Short story collection 184ページA collection of short stories about family and seasonal change. It delicately portrays the unease and warmth that lurk in everyday life.
familytimenostalgia
全著作
- Transparent Garden (Short stories, 2005)
- Summer Veranda (Short stories, 2011)
- How to Walk at Night (Novel, 2017)
- Days Watching the Sea (Essays, 2022)
翻案
- How to Walk at Night (film adaptation, 2020)
作品の翻訳
- How to Walk at Night — English edition (2019)
- How to Walk at Night — Korean edition (2021)
作風・主題
- 文体
- calm, lyrical proseintrospective perspective
- 頻出モチーフ
- nightstairscatsseaside imagery
評価・遺産
He is regarded as a writer who captures urban loneliness and landscapes of memory, influencing peers and younger writers. With film adaptations and translations, his work has reached audiences domestically and internationally, making him a notable figure in contemporary Japanese literature.
関連学会
- Japanese Association for Contemporary Literature
資料所蔵先
- Yokohama City Museum of Literature - Ariichi Aoki Collection
大衆文化への影響
- The film adaptation of his major work temporarily boosted local tourism in areas featured in the film
引用
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Night never gives a clear answer. Yet we keep walking—not to find where the answers are, but because there is meaning in the act of walking itself.
出典: How to Walk at Night (2017) (2017年)
豆知識
- Helped produce a college radio program during university
- Has a habit of writing with his cat nearby