R-18 Literary Award for Women by Women
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (2011) grand prize
Choko Tanaka
たなか ちょうこ
Tanaka Choko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1964-01-01 （Toyama Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2014-
- Influenced By
- Yoriko Shono, Yukichi Furui, Mieko Kanai, Noriko Ibaragi, Margaret Atwood
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Women's R-18 Literary Prize (for women by women) | Beshimi | 大賞 | Shinchosha | 大賞受賞 |
| 2018 | Sense of Gender Award | Chosan-sei | 大賞 | Gender-SF Research Group | 大賞受賞 |
| 2023 | Booksellers' Adult Romance Novel Award | Picking Today's Flowers | 大賞 | Booksellers' Adult Romance Novel Award Committee | 受賞（大賞） |
Women's R-18 Literary Prize (for women by women)
2011
Work:
Beshimi
Category:
大賞
Organization:
Shinchosha
Result:
大賞受賞
Sense of Gender Award
2018
Work:
Chosan-sei
Category:
大賞
Organization:
Gender-SF Research Group
Result:
大賞受賞
Booksellers' Adult Romance Novel Award
2023
Work:
Picking Today's Flowers
Category:
大賞
Organization:
Booksellers' Adult Romance Novel Award Committee
Result:
受賞（大賞）
Awards & Nominations
Sense of Gender Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 18 (2018) grand prize
Works
Major Works
I Don't Eat Sweet Sweets
2014 Fiction
familywomen
Theater Company: 42-Year-Old ♂
2017 Fiction
everyday lifecharacter study
Chosan-sei
2018 Fiction
gendersociety
Leave Me Alone When It Comes to Me
2019 Fiction
motherhoodindividual freedom
The One Who Succeeds
2020 Fiction
successionfamily
Picking Today's Flowers
2023 Fiction
romanceadult relationships
Bibliography
- I Don't Eat Sweet Sweets
- Theater Company: 42-Year-Old ♂
- Chosan-sei
- Leave Me Alone When It Comes to Me
- The One Who Succeeds
- Picking Today's Flowers
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- quiet prosefocus on inner life
- Recurring Motifs
- family relationshipsfemale perspectivesubtleties of everyday life
Legacy
Began writing novels after turning forty and gained attention for quiet prose addressing family and gender. Recognition through multiple literary awards has increased her profile in recent years.
Trivia
- Worked as an office worker for eight years before becoming a full-time housewife and later debuting as an author.
- Began writing novels after the age of forty.