Shincho Mystery Grand Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2015) grand prize
Jiro Ichijo
いちじょう じろう
Ichijo Jiro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1974-02-00 （Fukushima Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist
- Active Years
- 2015-
- Nominations
- 35th Yamamoto Shūgorō Prize — nominee (Cherenkov's Sleep)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yamagata University | Faculty of Humanities | — | — | — | Japan |
Yamagata University
Faculty of Humanities
Country:
Japan
Graduated; specific years and major details not publicly available
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Shincho Mystery Award | The Night of the Replicas | — | Shinchosha | winner |
Shincho Mystery Award
2015
Work:
The Night of the Replicas
Organization:
Shinchosha
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Yamamoto Shugoro Award
1 appearances
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Edition 35 (2022) nominee
Works
Major Works
The Night of the Replicas
2016 Fiction (mystery / speculative)A collection containing short and mid-length pieces with shifting perspectives and clever structure; unsettling stories revolve around humans and their 'replicas'.
replicationidentityuncanny everydayness
The Unfortunate Spy
2018 Fiction (humorous / mystery)A work containing short pieces with a comic tone and witty dialogue; notable for its 'unfortunate' twists and character portrayals.
humorfailure and pathosspy-parody
The Animals' Maa-Maa
2020 Short story collection (contemporary fiction)A collection of short stories that depict odd and endearing behaviors of animals and humans.
animalsstrangeness of everyday lifeobservations of human nature
Cherenkov's Sleep
2022 Novel (mystery / literary)A novel weaving scientific and estranging imagery; an interplay of tranquility and unease, it was shortlisted for a literary prize.
scientific imagerylonelinessmemory and sleep
Bibliography
- The Night of the Replicas (2016)
- The Unfortunate Spy (2018)
- The Animals' Maa-Maa (2020)
- Cherenkov's Sleep (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- a style mixing humor and uneasefrequent use of shifting perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- replication and duplicationanimalsstrange dislocations in everyday life
Legacy
A novelist emerging in the late 2010s, noted for combining mystery elements with speculative imagination. Gained attention after winning the Shincho Mystery Award.
Trivia
- Debuted by winning the 2nd Shincho Mystery Award in 2015 for 'The Night of the Replicas'.
- Graduated from Yamagata University Faculty of Humanities.