France Shoin Bunko Sensual Grand Award
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Edition 25 (2020) newcomer award
Kyo Fushimi
ふしみ きょう
Fushimi Kyō
Pen Names:
Kyo-fu Fushimi（Pen name used for short stories and poetry）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1980-04-03 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Yokohama, Kanagawa (birth–until university) → Tokyo (after university graduation)
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, short story writer
- Active Years
- 2004-
- Influenced By
- Hiromi Kawakami, Haruki Murakami
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | 学士 | 1999-2003 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Degree:
学士
Period:
1999-2003
Year of Graduation:
2003
Country:
Japan
Published works in doujinshi during studies
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Newcomer Literary Prize | Garden at Dawn | — | Japan Literary Promotion Association | winner |
Newcomer Literary Prize
2010
Work:
Garden at Dawn
Organization:
Japan Literary Promotion Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Garden at Dawn
2009 Novel 312 pagesA novel that quietly explores lost memories and family relationships through changing seasons and the imagery of a garden. The protagonist returns to their hometown garden and pieces together fragments of the past to reconcile with the self.
memoryfamilycontinuity of time
Adaptations
- [Film] Garden at Dawn / 中村亮 (2013)
Translations
- English translation: Garden at Dawn (2014)
A Modest Light
2015 Short story collection 208 pagesA collection of short stories that delicately captures subtle changes in everyday life and shifts in people's hearts.
everyday lifechanceinterior depiction
Bibliography
- Garden at Dawn (2009)
- A Modest Light (2015)
- Sound of the Path (2018)
Adaptations
- Garden at Dawn (film, 2013)
Translations of Works
- Garden at Dawn — English (2014)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- quiet, introspective prosedetailed observation and symbolic imagery
- Recurring Motifs
- gardenspassage of seasonsmemory and fragments
Legacy
Recognized as a writer who epitomizes quiet, introspective contemporary Japanese literature. His linking of landscape and memory in prose has been well received by both readers and critics.
In Popular Culture
- Popular at reading events and literary festivals
Quotes
-
Words, like dawn, slowly reveal the contours of the world.
Source: Garden at Dawn (2009)
Trivia
- Member of the photography club in university
- Enjoys gardening as a hobby