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第39回（1989年） award
Kasuko Hara
はら かすこ
Hara Kasuko
ペンネーム:
Ha-ra Kasuko（Pen name used for short stories）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1980-04-12 （Tokyo, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese, English
- 居住地歴
- Chuo Ward, Tokyo (birth–adulthood) → Kyoto City, Kyoto (writing period)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Essayist, Translator
- 活動期間
- 2003年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Haruki Murakami, Mieko Kawakami
- 影響を与えた人物
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of English Literature | Bachelor of Arts | 1998-2002 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of English Literature
学位:
Bachelor of Arts
期間:
1998-2002
卒業年:
2002
国:
Japan
Began publishing short stories while enrolled
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
対象作品:
The Afternoon That Stayed
主催:
Sakura Literary Prize Committee
結果:
winner
New Short Fiction Award
2006
対象作品:
April Sleep
主催:
Japan Short Fiction Association
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Afternoon That Stayed
2024年 Novel 312ページA 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
翻訳
- Not yet translated
April Sleep
2006年 Short story collection 184ページA 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
翻訳
- Selected stories excerpted in English translation
全著作
- April Sleep (short stories, 2006)
- Night Map (novella, 2011)
- The Afternoon That Stayed (novel, 2024)
作風・主題
- 文体
- quiet prosefragmentary descriptionsnarration emphasizing interior time
- 頻出モチーフ
- afternoon lightwindowsold mapsfragments of forgetting and memory
評価・遺産
Considered one of the emerging voices of a new generation, noted for her ability to capture subtle psychology of urban women.
引用
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Words always need margins. I want to leave space where the reader's time can seep in.
出典: Author interview (2024) (2024年)
豆知識
- Studied translation at university and read many Anglo-American short stories.
- Worked part-time at a bookstore while writing.