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Hisao Hiruma

ひるま ひさお

Hiruma Hisao

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1960-01-01 （Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
1989-
Nominations
Mishima Yukio Prize nominee (1990)

Education

Tokyo Metropolitan Fussa High School
Country: Japan

Awards

Bungei Prize
1989
Work: YES YES YES
Organization: Bungei (magazine)
Result: winner
Mishima Yukio Prize
1990
Work: YES YES YES
Result: nominated

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

YES YES YES

1989 Fiction

Debut work. First appeared in Bungei magazine and won the 26th Bungei Prize.

youthurban lifeidentity

Happy Birthday

1990 Fiction

Published by Kawade Shobo Shinsha. Detailed information about the content is limited.

coming of agehuman relationships

Best Friends

1992 Short story collection

A collection of short stories including pieces such as '16 no Natsu' and 'Dancing Tchaikovsky.'

friendshipyouthsubtle displacements in everyday life

100% Pure

1994 Fiction

Published in 1994. Characterized by a pop and light narrative style.

youth cultureself-representation

Ultrapop

1996 Fiction

Published in 1996. A work with a pronounced pop sensibility, as suggested by the title.

pop cultureyoung people

Strange Experiences

1997 Short story collection

Published in 1997. The collection includes stories such as 'The Woman of the Land of Static,' 'Snow Woman '96,' and 'May the Whole World Be Happy.'

strange experiencesfantasy and the everyday

Japan JAP's Bright Future

1997 Essays/essays

Published in 1997 and includes material first appearing in Bungei magazine. The title suggests cultural and societal observations about Japan.

social observationcultural commentary

Bibliography

  • YES YES YES (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1989)
  • Happy Birthday (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1990)
  • Best Friends (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1992)
  • 100% Pure (Gentosha, 1994)
  • Ultrapop (Kadokawa Shoten, 1996)
  • Strange Experiences (Shueisha, 1997)
  • Japan JAP's Bright Future (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1997)
  • This Is How I Hear It (co-authored, Shicho-sha, 1992)
  • Video Guidebook: I Learned Life from Movies (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, 1994)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
light, pop prosehumorous, contemporary voice
Recurring Motifs
youthfriendshipstrangeness in the everydaypop culture

Legacy

Hisao Hiruma is a Japanese novelist who rose to attention after winning the 1989 Bungei Prize. Active mainly in the 1990s, he published pop, light short and mid-length fiction. While not widely commercially prominent, he influenced some contemporaries and readerships.

Archives

  • National Diet Library (author entry)
  • VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
  • WorldCat Entities (author identifier)

Trivia

  • Classmates at Tachikawa City Daihachi Elementary School and Tachikawa Fourth Junior High included composer Toshihiko Sahashi and travel writer Naoto Inaba.
  • Has an official website (Hisao Hiruma HP) and a presence on Facebook.
  • Wikipedia entry is a stub; authority data such as ISNI, VIAF, WorldCat and the National Diet Library entries are registered.