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第39回（1989年） award
Moriichi Ichikawa
いちかわ もりいち
Ichikawa Moriichi
ペンネーム:
Ichiki Mori（Pen name used for early short stories）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1975-04-12 （Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Shinjuku, Tokyo (birth–childhood) → Yokohama, Kanagawa (student–young adult) → Setagaya, Tokyo (career period)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Short story writer, Essayist
- 活動期間
- 1998年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Haruki Murakami, Mieko Kawakami
- 影響を与えた人物
- Young Author A
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | 文学士 | 1994–1998 | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
学位:
文学士
期間:
1994–1998
卒業年:
1998
国:
Japan
Undergraduate thesis on comparative study of modern novels
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Sakura Prize | City of Mist | 長編小説 | Sakura Literary Foundation | winner |
| 2002 | Young Writers' Literary Award | Alley Before Dawn | — | Japan Association of Emerging Writers | winner |
Sakura Prize
2006
対象作品:
City of Mist
部門:
長編小説
主催:
Sakura Literary Foundation
結果:
winner
Young Writers' Literary Award
2002
対象作品:
Alley Before Dawn
主催:
Japan Association of Emerging Writers
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
City of Mist
2005年 Contemporary fiction 312ページAn ensemble novel set in a regional city, exploring fading memories and renewal. Multiple perspectives intertwine as past and present overlap like mist.
memorylossrenewalcommunity
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] City of Mist / 佐藤 健二 (2009)
翻訳
- English translation: City of Mist
Alley Before Dawn
2001年 Short story collection 184ページA collection of short stories capturing small incidents at the margins of daily life, written in a quiet style. It delicately portrays loneliness and hope.
everyday lifelonelinesshope
全著作
- Alley Before Dawn (short stories, 2001)
- City of Mist (novel, 2005)
- Afternoon of the Compass (novel, 2010)
- Sounds by the Window (essays, 2016)
翻案
- City of Mist (film adaptation, 2009)
作品の翻訳
- City of Mist — English translation
作風・主題
- 文体
- Lyrical and tranquil proseMultiperspective narration
- 頻出モチーフ
- mistwindowsold townscapes
評価・遺産
Recognized for quiet storytelling set in regional cities, he is regarded as a writer who offered a fresh literary perspective in the 2000s.
関連学会
- Contemporary Literature Study Group
資料所蔵先
- Moriichi Ichikawa Collection (university library, not publicly catalogued)
大衆文化への影響
- The film adaptation of 'City of Mist' gained modest attention and inspired small location tours in the regional settings.
引用
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I believe memory does not simply fade away; it remains, changing its form.
出典: 'City of Mist' afterword, 2005 (2005年)
豆知識
- Worked part-time at a bookstore before debut.
- Keeps a cat that occasionally appears as a motif in his works.