Naoki Sanjugo Award
1 appearances
Tatsuro Dekune
でくね たつろう
Dekune Tatsuro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-03-31 （Kitaura, Namegata District, Ibaraki Prefecture (now Namegata City), Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Namegata City (former Kitaura), Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan → Tsukishima, Chuo Ward, Tokyo (worked after moving to Tokyo) → Suginami Ward, Tokyo (operated secondhand bookstore "Hogado")
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist
- Active Years
- 1973-
- Affiliations
- Japan Writers' Association (Chairman)
- Memberships
- Japan Writers' Association
- Nominations
- 1990 Naoki Prize nominee (for 'Mumyō no Chō', 'Neko ja Neko ja', 'Yoninme', 'Tororo')
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Kodansha Essay Award | Hon no Okuchi Yogoshi Desu | — | Kodansha | 受賞 |
| 1993 | Naoki Prize (108th) | Tsukudajima Futari Shobo | — | Naoki Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Popular Literature Research Award (Special Prize) | Seeking the Past to Know the Present: Reading Meiji in the Yomiuri Shimbun | — | Popular Literature Research Association | 受賞（特別賞） |
| 2015 | Arts Encouragement Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology | Short Story Collection: Hanbunko | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT-related | 受賞 |
Kodansha Essay Award
1992
Work:
Hon no Okuchi Yogoshi Desu
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
受賞
Naoki Prize (108th)
1993
Work:
Tsukudajima Futari Shobo
Organization:
Naoki Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Popular Literature Research Award (Special Prize)
2004
Work:
Seeking the Past to Know the Present: Reading Meiji in the Yomiuri Shimbun
Organization:
Popular Literature Research Association
Result:
受賞（特別賞）
Arts Encouragement Prize by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
2015
Work:
Short Story Collection: Hanbunko
Organization:
Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT-related
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Kodansha Essay Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1992) award
Works
Major Works
Tsukudajima Futari Shobo
1992 NovelA novel set in Tsukudajima, Tokyo, depicting secondhand books and the interactions of townspeople. A gentle narrative that sketches daily life and human subtleties.
secondhand booksTokyo (downtown)human connection
Short Story Collection: Hanbunko
2014 Short story collectionA collection of short stories that captures everyday life with warmth and keen observation. The pieces resonate across generations.
everyday lifenostalgiahuman relationships
Bibliography
- Kobon Kitan
- Kosho Hōkō
- Neko no Endan
- Mumyō no Chō
- Hon no Okuchi Yogoshi Desu
- Tsukudajima Futari Shobo
- Seeking the Past to Know the Present: Reading Meiji in the Yomiuri Shimbun
- Short Story Collection: Hanbunko
- Selling Soseki
- Gyōzō wa Ware ni Ari: 102 People Who Appeared
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- warm narrative voiceessayistic style combining humor and nostalgiavivid depiction of books and urban details
- Recurring Motifs
- secondhand books / bookstorescatsdowntown lifeconnections to the past
Legacy
Recognized for depicting towns and people through the lens of secondhand books. He has a broad readership for both essays and fiction and has contributed to cultural commentary and popular literature studies.
Academic Societies
- Japan Writers' Association
Trivia
- After junior high school he moved to Tokyo in a group employment scheme and worked in a secondhand bookstore; this experience influenced his writing.
- In 1973 he opened and ran a used bookstore 'Hogado' in Suginami Ward.
- He served for many years as a respondent for the Yomiuri Shimbun column 'Jinsei Annai' and retired from that role in April 2023.
- Served as chairman of the Japan Writers' Association from 2016 to 2020.