Gunzo Newcomer Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 50 (2007) award
Katsuya Hashimoto
はしもと かつや
Hashimoto Katsuya
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1972-01-01 （New York, USA）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- New York (birthplace) → Japan (residence and career)
Career
- Occupations
- literary critic, SF critic
- Active Years
- 2004-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Gunzo New Writers' Literary Prize | From "Editing" to "Juxtaposition" | — | Gunzo editorial board | finalist |
| 2005 | Japan SF Criticism Award | Fountain Pen and Keyboard | — | Japan SF Criticism Award selection committee | finalist |
| 2006 | Japan SF Criticism Award | Against 'Metabolic Literature' | — | Japan SF Criticism Award selection committee | finalist |
| 2007 | Gunzo New Writers' Literary Prize | A Concrete (Digital) Touch (Key Touch) | — | Gunzo editorial board | selected as an excellent work (優秀作) |
Gunzo New Writers' Literary Prize
2004
Work:
From "Editing" to "Juxtaposition"
Organization:
Gunzo editorial board
Result:
finalist
Japan SF Criticism Award
2005
Work:
Fountain Pen and Keyboard
Organization:
Japan SF Criticism Award selection committee
Result:
finalist
Japan SF Criticism Award
2006
Work:
Against 'Metabolic Literature'
Organization:
Japan SF Criticism Award selection committee
Result:
finalist
Gunzo New Writers' Literary Prize
2007
Work:
A Concrete (Digital) Touch (Key Touch)
Organization:
Gunzo editorial board
Result:
selected as an excellent work (優秀作)
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
From "Editing" to "Juxtaposition"
2004 criticism/essayA critical essay on the act of editing and the arrangement of texts; touches on editorial theory in the digital age.
editing theorytextual juxtapositionwriters in the digital age
Fountain Pen and Keyboard
2005 criticism/essayAn essay discussing how analogue writing instruments and digital keyboards affect the writer's thought and prose.
writing environmentanalogue vs digitalembodiment of expression
Against 'Metabolic Literature'
2006 criticism/essayA critical piece challenging the idea of 'metabolic literature' and examining consumption and reproduction in contemporary literature.
literary theorycritical stanceconsumption of contemporary literature
A Concrete (Digital) Touch (Key Touch)
2007 short fiction/entry (selected work)A piece focusing on the bodily sensation of operating digital devices; selected as an excellent work in the Gunzo New Writers' Literary Prize.
digital embodimenttechnology and sensationrealism and description
Bibliography
- From "Editing" to "Juxtaposition"
- Fountain Pen and Keyboard
- Against 'Metabolic Literature'
- A Concrete (Digital) Touch (Key Touch)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- logical and clear critical proseanalytical approach moving between theory and concrete examples
- Recurring Motifs
- editing and juxtapositiondigital technology and embodimentchanges in the writing environment
Legacy
A critic active since the 2000s in Japanese literary and SF criticism who discussed media sensibilities and writing environments in the digital age. Known for finalist placements in the Gunzo New Writers' Literary Prize and the Japan SF Criticism Award, influencing younger writers and critical discourse.
Trivia
- A Japanese literary critic born in New York.
- In 2008 he served as the monthly reviewer for new fiction in the magazine 'Bungekai'.
- Finalist for the Gunzo New Writers' Literary Prize and the Japan SF Criticism Award.
- The Wikipedia entry about him is a stub.