History Literature Award
1 appearances
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Edition 29 (2004) award
Hamuro Rin
はむろ りん
Hamuro Rin
Pen Names:
Hamuro Rin（Used as pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-01-25 （Kokura, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka Prefecture）
- Died
- 2017-12-23 （Fukuoka City） age 66
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist
- Active Years
- 2005-2017
- Nominations
- 140th Naoki Prize nominee (Ino Chinari Keri), 22nd Yamamoto Shugoro Award nominee (Akizuki Ki), 141st Naoki Prize nominee (Akizuki Ki), 15th Nakayama Yoshihide Literature Award nominee (Ino Chinari Keri), 142nd Naoki Prize nominee (Hanaya Chiruran), 145th Naoki Prize nominee (Koishigure), 2nd Booksellers Choice Period Novel Award nominee (Chidori Mau)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seinan Gakuin University | Faculty of Literature | Department of Foreign Languages, French Major | 学士（文学） | — | Japan |
Seinan Gakuin University
Faculty of Literature
/ Department of Foreign Languages, French Major
Degree:
学士（文学）
Country:
Japan
Graduated with major in French
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Historical Literature Award | Kenzan Manshu | — | Historical Literature Award Committee | 受賞 |
| 2007 | Matsumoto Seicho Award | Silver River's Ode | — | Matsumoto Seicho Award Executive Committee | 受賞 |
| 2012 | Naoki Prize | Higurashi no Ki | — | Naoki Prize Selection Committee | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Shiba Ryotaro Award | Like a Demon God: The Rebel Kuroda | — | Shiba Ryotaro Award Committee | 受賞 |
Historical Literature Award
2005
Work:
Kenzan Manshu
Organization:
Historical Literature Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Matsumoto Seicho Award
2007
Work:
Silver River's Ode
Organization:
Matsumoto Seicho Award Executive Committee
Result:
受賞
Naoki Prize
2012
Work:
Higurashi no Ki
Organization:
Naoki Prize Selection Committee
Result:
受賞
Shiba Ryotaro Award
2016
Work:
Like a Demon God: The Rebel Kuroda
Organization:
Shiba Ryotaro Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Matsumoto Seicho Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 14 (2007) award
Nakayama Gishu Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 15 (2009) nominee
Naoki Sanjugo Award
1 appearances
Shiba Ryotaro Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 20 (2016) award
Works
Major Works
Kenzan Manshu
2005 historical novelDepicts the brothers Ogata Kōrin, a painter, and Ogata Kenzan, a potter, during the Genroku period of the Edo era.
historybrotherhoodEdo period
Silver River's Ode
2007 historical novel
history
Higurashi no Ki
2011 historical novel
history
Adaptations
- [film] Higurashi no Ki / 小泉堯史 (2014)
Chiri Tsubaki
2012 historical novel
history
Adaptations
- [film] Chiri Tsubaki / 木村大作 (2018)
Hotarugusa
2012 historical novel
history
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Hotarugusa: Nana no Ken (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Historical period novels
- Recurring Motifs
- perspective of the defeatedperspective of the weak
Legacy
Hamuro Rin was a historical novelist who valued perspectives of the defeated and weak, leaving works with unique aesthetics and philosophy.
Trivia
- Debuted at age 50.
- Unpublished works were discovered posthumously.