Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (1983) award
Sumiko Haneda
はねだ すみこ
Haneda Sumiko
Pen Names:
Sumikaze（Pen name used for poetry and short stories）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1972-05-14 （Koto, Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan (birth — present) → Kanazawa, Ishikawa (temporary residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Translator
- Active Years
- 1998-
- Influenced By
- Haruki Murakami, Hiromi Kawakami
- Influenced
- Ayako Wakabayashi (emerging writer)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of English Literature | BA | 1991-1995 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of English Literature
Degree:
BA
Period:
1991-1995
Year of Graduation:
1995
Country:
Japan
Published short stories in literary magazines while enrolled
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Japan Literature Prize | The Transparent Sea | — | Japan Literary Promotion Association | Winner |
| 2005 | New Writers Award | Letters Between the Waves | — | Hokushin Literary Society | Winner |
Japan Literature Prize
2018
Work:
The Transparent Sea
Organization:
Japan Literary Promotion Association
Result:
Winner
New Writers Award
2005
Work:
Letters Between the Waves
Organization:
Hokushin Literary Society
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Transparent Sea
2017 Novel 320 pagesA family novel set against the sea that explores the relationship between past memories and the present. It follows the protagonist's path toward renewal in their coastal hometown.
memoryloss and renewalfamily
Adaptations
- [Film] The Transparent Sea / 佐々木翔 (2020)
Translations
- English: The Transparent Sea (trans. Jane Doe)
Letters Between the Waves
2004 Short story collection 220 pagesA collection of short stories set in a seaside town. Through everyday details it depicts the subtleties of human relationships.
everyday lifenostalgiahuman relationships
Translations
- English: Letters Between the Waves (trans. Jane Doe)
Bibliography
- Letters Between the Waves (2004)
- The Transparent Sea (2017)
- Short Stories & Essays (1999–2020)
Adaptations
- The Transparent Sea (film, 2020)
Translations by Author
- Translated J.D.'s Short Stories (Eng→Jpn, 2012)
Translations of Works
- The Transparent Sea — English translation (2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical, introspective prosedetailed depiction of everyday life
- Recurring Motifs
- the seafragments of memoryletters and correspondence
Legacy
An author who brought a lyrical, introspective image of the sea to contemporary Japanese literature. Her works, focusing on family and memory, are critically acclaimed and have influenced younger writers.
Quotes
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"Memory, like the sea, changes its shape quietly yet inexorably."
Source: Author's afterword in The Transparent Sea (2017)
Trivia
- Won several student literary prizes while at university
- Preferred writing instrument: a fine-nib fountain pen