Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 14 (1964) award
Kinosuke Ebihara
えびはら きのすけ
Ebihara Kinosuke
Pen Names:
Kyogetsu（Used for early short stories）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1972-01-23 （Sendai, Miyagi, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Influenced By
- Yasunari Kawabata, Junichiro Tanizaki, Osamu Dazai
- Influenced
- Contemporary young writers
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | Bachelor of Arts | 1990-1994 | Japan |
Tohoku University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1990-1994
Year of Graduation:
1994
Country:
Japan
Began writing during university studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Major Literary Prize | The Garden of Tides | — | Japan Literature Promotion Association | Winner |
Major Literary Prize
2015
Work:
The Garden of Tides
Organization:
Japan Literature Promotion Association
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Garden of Tides
2015 Novel 312 pagesSet in a seaside hometown, the novel follows a family and their memories as past events surface and reshape their inner lives, like the ebb and flow of the tide.
seamemoryfamily
Adaptations
- [Film] The Garden of Tides / 佐藤 大樹 (2019)
Translations
- English translation: The Garden of Tides (translator: John Smith, 2017)
Winter Lights
2011 Short story collection 192 pagesA collection of short stories set in a small winter town, depicting quiet solitude and fragments of everyday life.
solitudeseasonsfamilial estrangement
Translations
- Selected stories translated into English and published in literary magazines (2013)
Bibliography
- The Garden of Tides (2015)
- Winter Lights (2011)
- Chapters by the Sea (2008)
- Fragments of Nostalgia (2005)
Adaptations
- The Garden of Tides (film, 2019)
Translations of Works
- The Garden of Tides — English translation (2017)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Quiet, meticulous psychological depictionConcise prose with restrained metaphor
- Recurring Motifs
- seamemorythe flux of time
Legacy
Regarded in contemporary Japanese literature for his quiet prose and sustained exploration of family and memory. Film adaptations have broadened his readership.
Academic Societies
- Japanese Society for Contemporary Literature
Archives
- Kinosuke Ebihara Collection (Sendai Literary Museum)
In Popular Culture
- Film adaptation in 2019 brought attention to his portrayals of regional landscapes.
Quotes
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Words always come afterwards.
Source: The Garden of Tides (2015)
Trivia
- Born in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture
- Enjoyed photography in his student years; landscapes became important motifs in his work