Period Novel Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1993) award
Motosuke Fujii
ふじい もとすけ
Fujii Motosuke
Pen Names:
Motosuke Fujii（Used in literary activities）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1934-01-01 （Tsuyama, Okayama, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tsurumi-ku, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- historical novelist
- Active Years
- 1953-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Historical Novel Award | The Roaring Sea: Portrait of Exiles on Hachijo Island | — | Historical Novel Award Committee | winner |
Historical Novel Award
1993
Work:
The Roaring Sea: Portrait of Exiles on Hachijo Island
Organization:
Historical Novel Award Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Roaring Sea: Portrait of Exiles on Hachijo Island
1994 Historical NovelDepicts 25 years of life of Saito Moritaka, heir of a hatamoto exile on Hachijo Island during the late Edo period.
historyexilelate Edo period
Clouds Stirring: Amakusa Magistrate Suzuki Shigenari
1995 Historical NovelThe Rising Mountains and Rivers: The Youth of Samurai Hori Shuichiro
1997 Historical NovelThe Boy in the Clouds
2001 Historical NovelStyle & Themes
- Literary Style
- meticulous depiction based on historical factslyrical historical expression
- Recurring Motifs
- exilessocial change in late Edofamily bonds
Legacy
Motosuke Fujii is known for historical novels based on factual events and has received high acclaim, including the Historical Novel Award.