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Kazushi Hosaka

ほさか かずし

Hosaka Kazushi

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1956-10-15 （Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan → Kamakura, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan

経歴

職業
Novelist, Essayist, Critic
活動期間
1990年〜
影響を受けた人物
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Franz Kafka, Samuel Beckett, Gabriel García Márquez, Thomas Pynchon, Nobuo Kojima, Komimasa Tanaka, Shichirō Fukazawa
影響を与えた人物
Yuka Shibasaki, Kenichirō Isozaki, Yūsei Takiguchi, Sumito Yamashita
ノミネート
Candidate for the 12th Noma Literary New Face Prize (1990): Plain Song, Candidate for the 6th Mishima Yukio Prize (1993): Breakfast on the Grass, Candidate for the 26th Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize (2000): The Joy of Living

学歴

Eiko Gakuen Junior and Senior High School
国: Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Political Science and Economics
Faculty of Political Science and Economics
期間: 約1975–1981
卒業年: 1981
国: Japan
Began writing while enrolled; participated in a doujinshi circle

受賞歴

Noma Literary New Face Prize
1993
対象作品: Breakfast on the Grass
主催: Noma Cultural Foundation
結果: Winner
Akutagawa Prize
1995
対象作品: This Person’s Threshold
主催: Akutagawa Prize Selection Committee
結果: Winner
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize
1997
対象作品: Memory of the Seasons
主催: Tanizaki Prize Selection Committee
結果: Winner
Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize
1997
対象作品: Memory of the Seasons
主催: Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize Selection Committee
結果: Winner
Noma Literary Prize
2013
対象作品: Struggle at Dawn
主催: Noma Cultural Foundation
結果: Winner
Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize
2018
対象作品: Here and Elsewhere
主催: Kawabata Prize Selection Committee
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Plain Song

1990年 Novel

Published in 1990 as Hosaka's debut. A collection of short/episodic pieces that quietly depict characters' inner lives through everyday details.

everyday lifeintrospectionhuman relationshipsmemory

Breakfast on the Grass

1993年 Novel

Published in 1993 as a sequel to Plain Song; released by Kodansha. Winner of the 1993 Noma Literary New Face Prize.

everyday lifecoming of agefamilymemory

This Person's Threshold

1995年 Short story

A story narrated from the perspective of a male friend, portraying an ordinary woman's quiet day. Published in Shincho magazine and awarded the Akutagawa Prize.

everyday lifeexistencetimeattention to detail

Memory of the Seasons

1996年 Novel

Published in 1996, this novel incorporates a child's perspective into reflections on everyday life, time, and nature; it received the Tanizaki Prize and the Hirabayashi Taiko Literary Prize.

memoryseasonstimenature

Conversation Piece

2003年 Novel

A novel set in an old house that meditates on death and memory; took roughly two and a half years to write.

deathmemoryhometime

Struggle at Dawn

2013年 Novel

Serialized from 2009 and published in 2013, this long novel continues Hosaka's quiet depiction of daily life while incorporating social and philosophical elements. Winner of the Noma Literary Prize.

struggletimesocialitymemory

Hallelujah

2018年 Collection (short stories and essays)

Published in 2018; a collection of short stories and essays. The included piece "Here and Elsewhere" earned the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize.

everyday lifedistance/othernessmemory

The Cat Did Not Come

2021年 Novel / Short story collection

Published in 2021; contains short pieces centered on cats and everyday life.

catslosseveryday life

全著作

  • Plain Song (1990)
  • Breakfast on the Grass (1993)
  • When Time Flows for Cats (1994)
  • This Person's Threshold (1995)
  • Memory of the Seasons (1996)
  • Reverberation (1997)
  • The Calculation Called 'I' (1999)
  • Another Season (1999)
  • The Joy of Living (2000)
  • Cats at Dawn (2001)
  • Conversation Piece (2003)
  • Kafka-style Notebook (2012)
  • Struggle at Dawn (2013)
  • Asatsuyu Correspondence (2014)
  • Like a Ground-Call, Like a Little Bird (2016)
  • Hallelujah (2018)
  • Reading Records (2019)
  • The Cat Did Not Come (2021)

作風・主題

文体
Plain, introspective proseDetailed depiction of everyday minutiaeTends toward critical and experimental approaches
頻出モチーフ
catseveryday lifememorytimeold housestranquility

評価・遺産

Kazushi Hosaka is known for probing existence, memory and time through the seemingly trivial details of everyday life. He is one of contemporary Japan's notable writers, having received major literary prizes including the Akutagawa Prize, the Tanizaki Prize, the Noma Prize and the Kawabata Prize, and has influenced a younger generation of writers.

大衆文化への影響

  • Appeared in a cameo as a customer in the film 'Strawberry Shortcakes'

引用

  • "If the world were to end tomorrow, I would like to spend such a final day."
    出典: Keizo Hino (comment from the Akutagawa Prize selection committee) (1995年)
  • "He excels at depicting unremarkable everyday life without conventional story arcs."
    出典: Summary comment on his literary style

豆知識

  • Born in Yamanashi Prefecture in 1956; raised in Kamakura from age three.
  • Began writing while at university and debuted in 1990 with 'Plain Song'.
  • Worked at Seibu department store's culture center early in his career.
  • Cat lover; cats appear in many of his works.
  • Has been involved in editorial/publishing efforts such as reissuing Nobuo Kojima's work.
  • Has run a lecture series called 'Novelistic Thinking School' since 2019.
  • His spouse, Michi Shimizu, is a scholar of English literature.