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Aguri Hayakawa

はやかわ あぐり

Hayakawa Aguri

Profile

Gender
Unknown
Born
1974-01-01 (Niigata Prefecture)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2007-

Education

Kwansei Gakuin University
Faculty of Sociology
Country: Japan

Awards

Bungakukai Newcomer Award
2007
Work: Tokyo Kinoko
Category: 島田雅彦奨励賞 (Shimada Masahiko Encouragement Prize)
Organization: Bungakukai (magazine)
Result: Winner
Bungei Takada Itoh Special Prize
2009
Work: Marriage Marriage Rainbow
Category: 特別賞 (Special Prize)
Organization: Bungei Takada
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tokyo Kinoko

2007 Short story

A short story published in 2007 in Bungakukai. It delicately portrays interpersonal relationships and loneliness set against urban life.

Urban lifeLonelinessHuman relationships

Marriage Marriage Rainbow

2009 Fiction

A work addressing themes of marriage and partnership; it received a special prize in 2009.

MarriageIdentityLove

Bibliography

  • Tokyo Kinoko (Bungakukai, Dec. 2007 issue)
  • Marriage Marriage Rainbow

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Delicate psychological depictionRealist attention to everyday detail
Recurring Motifs
Urban landscapesLonelinessMarriage and interpersonal relations

Legacy

Recognized early with newcomer awards for short fiction and drew attention for short works. Public information is limited, so the full scope of evaluation and influence is not well documented.

Trivia

  • Born in 1974, from Niigata Prefecture.
  • Graduated from Kwansei Gakuin University, Faculty of Sociology.
  • The Wikipedia article is a stub and public information is limited.