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Hanayagi Yoshijiro

はなやぎ よしじろう

Hanayagi Yoshijiro

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1975-05-12 (Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Writer
Active Years
2010-
Influenced By
Haruki Murakami

Education

University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
Degree: 学士
Period: 1994-1998
Year of Graduation: 1998
Country: Japan

Awards

Akutagawa Prize
2020
Work: After the Season
Organization: Bungeishunju
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Garden of Time

2018 Novel 250 pages

A story depicting human memory and rebirth through the changes of seasons.

seasonsmemory
Adaptations
  • [Film] Garden of Time / 佐藤健司 (2021)

After the Season

2020 Novella 150 pages

Depicts the struggles and growth of young people at a turning point in their lives.

changegrowth

Bibliography

  • Garden of Time
  • After the Season
  • Summer's Voice

Adaptations

  • Garden of Time (Film)

Translations of Works

  • Garden of Time

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyricalintrospective
Recurring Motifs
seasonsmemory

Legacy

He is highly regarded in contemporary Japanese literature for his works themed around seasons and memory.

Academic Societies

  • Japan Society for Modern Literature

Archives

  • University of Tokyo Library

In Popular Culture

  • Adapted into a TV drama

Quotes

  • Silence speaks in the deepest voice.
    Source: Garden of Time (2018)

Trivia

  • He was a member of the photography club at university.