Shosetsu Suiri Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1994) award
Takayoshi Honda
ほんだ たかよし
Honda Takayoshi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1971-03-08 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Mystery writer
- Active Years
- 1999-
- Influenced By
- Edogawa Rampo, Jirō Akagawa, Ryo Hanmura, Haruki Murakami, Ryu Murakami
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Keio University | Faculty of Law | — | — | — | Japan |
Keio University
Faculty of Law
Year of Graduation:
1994
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Shosetsu Suiri Newcomer Prize | Sea of Sleep | — | Shosetsu Suiri (magazine) | winner |
Shosetsu Suiri Newcomer Prize
1994
Work:
Sea of Sleep
Organization:
Shosetsu Suiri (magazine)
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
MISSING
1999 Short stories / MysteryDebut short-story collection that established Honda's reputation, containing various mystery-themed stories.
life and deathlossmemory
MOMENT
2002 Novel / Linked short storiesA linked-story work exploring time, memory and the lives of its characters.
timememoryhuman relationships
WILL
2009 Novel / Sister work to MOMENTA sister volume to MOMENT, portraying the characters seven years later.
passage of timerebirthchoices
Five Minutes to Midnight
2004 Novel / Human dramaA multi-perspective ensemble piece about fate and choices.
fatechoicesintersecting lives
Adaptations
- [Film] Five Minutes to Tomorrow / 行定勲 (2014)
Strayer's Chronicle
2012 Action / EntertainmentAn action-oriented entertainment series that incorporates illustrations.
violencecompanionshiprevenge
Adaptations
- [Film] Strayer's Chronicle / 瀬々敬久 (2015)
dele
2017 Short stories / Contemporary dramaContains stories about digital legacies and modern society; adapted into a TV drama.
digital societymemorydeath
Adaptations
- [TV drama] Dele (2018)
Bibliography
- MISSING (1999)
- ALONE TOGETHER (2000)
- MOMENT (2002)
- Five Minutes to Midnight (2004)
- Strayer's Chronicle (2012〜)
- dele (2017)
Adaptations
- Yesterdays (film, 2008)
- Five Minutes to Tomorrow (film, 2014)
- Strayer's Chronicle (film, 2015)
- At Home (film, 2015)
- Dele (TV drama, 2018)
Translations of Works
- MISSING — Si Nian (Traditional Chinese, Taiwan)
- MOMENT — Last Time (Chinese translations)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- mystery-oriented narrationlyrical descriptionensemble cast structure
- Recurring Motifs
- life and deathtimememory
Legacy
After early recognition via a newcomer prize and a noted debut collection, Honda's works have reached wide audiences through film and TV adaptations. He consistently explores themes of life and death, time and memory.
In Popular Culture
- Several works adapted to film and TV have increased mainstream recognition
Trivia
- While a university student in 1994, he won the 16th Shosetsu Suiri Newcomer Prize for "Sea of Sleep", prompting him to pursue a writing career.
- Several works have been adapted for film and television (e.g. Yesterdays, Five Minutes to Midnight, Strayer's Chronicle, dele).
- Graduated from Keio University, Faculty of Law.