Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 56 (1983) award
Ikki Takahashi
たかはし いっき
Takahashi Ikki
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1941 （Hiroshima City, Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Author, Copywriter, Advertising company executive
- Active Years
- 1983-
- Affiliations
- Picohouse (some works published on Gengoya)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Bungakukai Newcomer Prize | Let's Die Like Dogs | — | Bungakukai | Winner |
Bungakukai Newcomer Prize
1983
Work:
Let's Die Like Dogs
Organization:
Bungakukai
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Fareways of the Dead
1994 NovelA work exploring people confronting death; notable for layered character portrayals and a sense of loss.
deathhuman relationshipsloss
The Two-Headed Sex
2005 NovelA novel addressing dual aspects of sexuality and identity, focusing on inner conflict and desire.
sexualityidentitydesire
King of Oshu: The Abe Clan's Struggle
2005 Historical novel / Non-fictionA narrative focused on the Abe clan, recounting historical struggles in the Tohoku region and depicting battles and clan fate.
historyconflictclan
Goodbye, Tokyo
2006 NovelA multi-voiced story about urban life and parting, reexamining the relationship with the city of Tokyo.
citypartingloneliness
The Thirty-One Syllables My Father Left
2008 Essay/Non-fictionAn essay/memoir using the author's father Takeo Takahashi's tanka about the atomic bombing as a starting point to explore family memory and local history.
memoryatomic bombingfamilytanka
On My Mother Who Died Twice
2009 Essay/MemoirA personal memoir reflecting on the author's mother's illness and death and the family's memories.
familydeathcaregiving
Bibliography
- Fareways of the Dead
- The Two-Headed Sex
- King of Oshu: The Abe Clan's Struggle
- Goodbye, Tokyo
- The Thirty-One Syllables My Father Left
- On My Mother Who Died Twice
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise, sharp proseInfluence of advertising-style word choiceCoexistence of lyricism and realism
- Recurring Motifs
- deathfamilymemorysexualityHiroshima/atomic bombing
Legacy
As a writer from an advertising background, he uses a copywriter's sense of language to produce concise prose dealing with family, death, and memory. After receiving the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize (1983) he intensified his literary activities and has also shared works via a blog and online platforms. His father's record of atomic-bombing experiences links his work to local Hiroshima history.
Archives
- VIAF identifier: 258123729
- NDL authority ID: 00350267
Trivia
- His father, Takeo Takahashi, was a lawyer and tanka poet whose atomic-bombing experience tanka were quoted in Kenzaburo Oe's 'Hiroshima Notes'.
- He started the blog 'Mune no Naka no Knife' in 2005 and in recent years has published some works online (e.g. on Gengoya).
- He won the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize in 1983 for 'Inu no yō ni shini mashō' ('Let's Die Like Dogs').