Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (1989) award
Kasuko Hara
はら かすこ
Hara Kasuko
Pen Names:
Ha-ra Kasuko（Pen name used for short stories）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1980-04-12 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese, English
- Residence History
- Chuo Ward, Tokyo (birth–adulthood) → Kyoto City, Kyoto (writing period)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Essayist, Translator
- Active Years
- 2003-
- Influenced By
- Haruki Murakami, Mieko Kawakami
- Influenced
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of English Literature | Bachelor of Arts | 1998-2002 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of English Literature
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
1998-2002
Year of Graduation:
2002
Country:
Japan
Began publishing short stories while enrolled
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sakura Literary Prize | The Afternoon That Stayed | — | Sakura Literary Prize Committee | winner |
| 2006 | New Short Fiction Award | April Sleep | — | Japan Short Fiction Association | winner |
Sakura Literary Prize
2024
Work:
The Afternoon That Stayed
Organization:
Sakura Literary Prize Committee
Result:
winner
New Short Fiction Award
2006
Work:
April Sleep
Organization:
Japan Short Fiction Association
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Afternoon That Stayed
2024 Novel 312 pagesA quiet ensemble novel about women living on the margins of the city, where fragments of the past intersect with afternoon landscapes and their lives are woven together delicately.
memorytimeurban lifefemale solitude
Translations
- Not yet translated
April Sleep
2006 Short story collection 184 pagesA collection of short stories capturing the shifting emotions and small incidents of young characters, focusing on everyday distances and delicate inner landscapes.
coming of agealienationsubtle emotions
Translations
- Selected stories excerpted in English translation
Bibliography
- April Sleep (short stories, 2006)
- Night Map (novella, 2011)
- The Afternoon That Stayed (novel, 2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- quiet prosefragmentary descriptionsnarration emphasizing interior time
- Recurring Motifs
- afternoon lightwindowsold mapsfragments of forgetting and memory
Legacy
Considered one of the emerging voices of a new generation, noted for her ability to capture subtle psychology of urban women.
Quotes
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Words always need margins. I want to leave space where the reader's time can seep in.
Source: Author interview (2024) (2024)
Trivia
- Studied translation at university and read many Anglo-American short stories.
- Worked part-time at a bookstore while writing.