日本の文学賞

← ホームに戻る

Toshiyuki Horie

ほりえ としゆき

Toshiyuki Horie

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1964-01-03 （Tajimi, Gifu, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tajimi, Gifu, Japan → Paris, France (study abroad) → Tokyo, Japan (residence/work)

経歴

職業
Novelist, French literature scholar, University professor
活動期間
1995年〜
所属
Tokyo Institute of Technology (lecturer), Meiji University (lecturer; later Professor, Faculty of Science and Engineering), Waseda University — Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences (Professor), Waseda University Tanka Society (chair)
所属団体
Kobayashi Hideo Prize (selection committee member), Gunzo New Writers' Award (selection committee member), Noma Literary New Writers' Prize (selection committee member), Chiyoda Literary Prize (selection committee member), Bunkamura Dommaggio Literary Prize (selection committee member), Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize (selection committee member), Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize (selection committee member), Subaru Literary Prize (selection committee member), Akutagawa Prize (selection committee member), Yoshida Shūwa Prize (selection committee member)
影響を受けた人物
Jacques Réda, W. G. Sebald, Atsuyori Hiraoka, Nobuo Kojima, Atsuko Suga
影響を与えた人物
Ryō Asai, Kani Sasare Ayako

学歴

Waseda University — First Faculty of Letters
First Faculty of Letters / French Literature
学位: 学士
国: Japan
Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences, The University of Tokyo
Graduate School of Humanities and Human Sciences / French Literature
学位: 修士（文学）、博士課程単位取得退学
国: Japan
Left doctoral program after earning required credits
University of Paris III (Sorbonne Nouvelle)
国: France
Studied in doctoral program (period unspecified)

受賞歴

Mishima Yukio Prize (12th)
1999
対象作品: Oparaban
主催: Mishima Yukio Prize Committee
結果: Winner
Akutagawa Prize (124th)
2001
対象作品: Kuma no Shikishi
主催: Akutagawa Prize Committee
結果: Winner
Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize (29th)
2003
対象作品: Stance Dot
主催: Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize Committee
結果: Winner
Kiyama Shohei Literary Award (8th)
2004
対象作品: Yukinuma and Its Surroundings
主催: Kiyama Shohei Literary Award Committee
結果: Winner
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize (40th)
2004
対象作品: Yukinuma and Its Surroundings
主催: Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize Committee
結果: Winner
Yomiuri Literary Prize (57th) — Fiction
2006
対象作品: Kagishi Wanishi-sho
部門: 小説賞
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: Winner
Yomiuri Literary Prize (61st) — Essay/Travel
2010
対象作品: Seigen Kyokusen
部門: 随筆・紀行賞
主催: Yomiuri Shimbun
結果: Winner
Itō Sei Literary Award (23rd)
2012
対象作品: Nazuna
主催: Itō Sei Literary Award Committee
結果: Winner
Mainichi Book Review Award (11th)
2013
対象作品: Exploring Words Like a Pendulum
主催: Mainichi Shimbun
結果: Winner
Chunichi Cultural Award (66th)
2013
主催: Chunichi Shimbun
結果: Winner
Noma Literary Prize (69th)
2016
対象作品: How to Make That Form Disappear
主催: Noma Cultural Foundation
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

To the Suburbs

1995年 Essays

A collection of essays based on his study-abroad experience in France; contemplative pieces that observe local life and memory with a quiet tone.

study abroadFrancetravelmemoryeveryday life

Oparaban

1998年 Short fiction / Novel

A collection of short pieces; recognized as a major work and awarded the Mishima Yukio Prize in 1999.

urban lifelonelinesshuman relationsmemory

Kuma no Shikishi

2001年 Short fiction

A collection of short stories that extract subtle emotions from everyday life; it earned the Akutagawa Prize.

everyday lifelossfamilymemory

Yukinuma and Its Surroundings

2003年 Fiction / Short story collection

A short-story collection exploring landscapes, people, and traces of memory; awarded the Tanizaki Prize and the Kiyama Shohei Literary Award.

landscaperecollectionregionalitymemory

Kagishi Wanishi-shō

2005年 Fiction

A work that weaves urban and riverside scenes into depictions of everyday life; recipient of the Yomiuri Literary Prize (Fiction).

citylandscapetimememory

Nazuna

2011年 Fiction

A quietly rendered novel about language and human relationships; awarded the Itō Sei Literary Award.

languagerelationshipsmemory

How to Make That Form Disappear

2016年 Fiction

One of his notable recent works; it examines feelings of loss and blurred contours in everyday life and won the Noma Literary Prize.

lossexistenceeveryday life

全著作

  • To the Suburbs (1995)
  • Oparaban (1998)
  • In Search of the Meridian (2000)
  • The Hand That Is Written (2000)
  • Kuma no Shikishi (2001)
  • Returned Train (2001)
  • Once at Oji Station (2001)
  • Geranium (2002)
  • Sound of Books (2002)
  • Yukinuma and Its Surroundings (2003)
  • Magic Slate: Toward Georges Perec (2003)
  • A Night Neither First Nor Second Floor (2004)
  • Kagishi Wanishi-shō (2005)
  • Momentum of Things (2005)
  • Megurashi-ya (2007)
  • Letter to Van Marie (2007)
  • Miken-zaka (2008)
  • A Spine with Her (2009)
  • Sine Curve (2009)
  • Even If an Elephant Steps On It (2011)
  • Nazuna (2011)
  • Exploring Words Like a Pendulum (2012)
  • How to Make That Form Disappear (2016)
  • Threads of Sound (2017)
  • Looking Up at the Hill (2018)
  • Under the God of Old Lenses (2018)
  • The Person Beside Me (2018)
  • Nonstandard Post (2021)
  • At the Relay Station (Returned Train 6) (2023)

作家による翻訳

  • Hervé Guibert — 'Le Chapeau Rouge' (translation)
  • Michel Rio — 'Title (French)' (translation)
  • Jacques Réda — 'Ruins of Paris' (translation)
  • Patrick Modiano — 'Sunday in August' (translation)
  • Philippe Sollers — 'Mystic Mozart' (translation)
  • Robert Doisneau — 'With an Imperfect Lens: Recollections and Portraits' (translation)
  • Marguerite Yourcenar — 'What? Eternity' (commentary/translation cooperation)

作風・主題

文体
quiet, observational proseconcise and precise descriptioninterplay between essay and fiction
頻出モチーフ
minute details of everyday lifelandscape (city, riverside, suburbs)memory and lossmovement — stations and trains

評価・遺産

Toshiyuki Horie is highly regarded in contemporary Japanese literature for his quiet, detailed depictions of everyday life. As an educator he has mentored many younger writers and has long served on literary award selection committees.

大衆文化への影響

  • In 2007, his piece 'Okuribi' (from Yukinuma and Its Surroundings) was used in the National Center Test for University Admissions (Japanese language).

引用

  • Neither strictly novel nor essay — I simply write the sentences I want to write.
    出典: WASEDA ONLINE (Yomiuri Shimbun) article (archived)

豆知識

  • Debuted with 'To the Suburbs' (1995).
  • Notable students from Horie's seminar include Ryō Asai and Kani Sasare Ayako.
  • In 2007 one of his works was chosen for the National Center Test (Japanese) and he reportedly supervised the exam.