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第36回（2005年） award
Ren Inazumi
いないずみ れん
Inazumi Ren
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1979-02-15 （Tokyo）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- non-fiction writer, author, journalist
- 活動期間
- 1997年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Megumi Hisada
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Second Faculty of Letters | — | — | 1997-2002 | Japan |
Waseda University
Second Faculty of Letters
期間:
1997-2002
卒業年:
2002
国:
Japan
Entered after passing the university entrance qualification exam following high school withdrawal
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Bungei Shunjū Readers' Award (59th) | The Day I Said I'd Quit School | — | Bungei Shunjū | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Oya Soichi Nonfiction Prize (36th) | I Too Go to War — The Poems and Death of Kozo Takeuchi | — | Oya Soichi Nonfiction Prize | 受賞 |
Bungei Shunjū Readers' Award (59th)
1997
対象作品:
The Day I Said I'd Quit School
主催:
Bungei Shunjū
結果:
受賞
Oya Soichi Nonfiction Prize (36th)
2005
対象作品:
I Too Go to War — The Poems and Death of Kozo Takeuchi
主催:
Oya Soichi Nonfiction Prize
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
My High School Dropout Manual
1998年 non-fictionAn essay-style reportage about dropping out of high school and young people's pathways.
educationyouthlife choices
I Too Go to War — The Poems and Death of Kozo Takeuchi
2004年 non-fictionA nonfiction work tracing poet Kozo Takeuchi's poems and death, exploring war and personal history.
biographywarpoetry
The Lifeline Road — Traveling National Route 45 in Tohoku
2012年 reportageA reportage following people and restoration efforts along National Route 45 after the Great East Japan Earthquake.
disasterreconstructionlocal communities
Decommissioning — Pride Working at the 'Site of Defeat'
2021年 non-fictionA documentary account of people working on nuclear plant decommissioning and their sense of pride.
labortechnologynuclear issues
Child of the Circus
2023年 non-fictionA work based on reporting about the lives and culture of people raised in the circus.
culturefamilyoccupation
全著作
- My High School Dropout Manual
- Why We Work, Why We Don't, Why We Can't
- I Too Go to War — The Poems and Death of Kozo Takeuchi
- Drifting Jobs — Working Styles of the Employment Ice Age Generation
- The Lifeline Road — Traveling National Route 45 in Tohoku
- Bookstores of Reconstruction
- Documenting Heavy Rain Disasters — What People See in Those Moments
- The Test Driver Loved by Akio Toyoda
- The Work of Making Books
- Another 1964 — Prologue to the Paralympics
- I Have Lived in Such Houses — 17 Border-Crossers
- Japanese Returnees from Space — Testimonies of All 12 Japanese Astronauts
- Decommissioning — Pride Working at the 'Site of Defeat'
- Child of the Circus
作風・主題
- 文体
- research-based nonfictionreportage stylefocus on factual and character-driven depiction
- 頻出モチーフ
- labordisaster and reconstructionindividual vs society
評価・遺産
A nonfiction writer known for on-the-ground reportage and socially engaged themes. Praised for in-depth work on disasters, labor issues, and other key contemporary Japanese topics.
豆知識
- In 2005 he won the Oya Soichi Nonfiction Prize and became its youngest recipient at age 26.
- His mother is nonfiction writer Megumi Hisada; their parent-child winning of the Oya prize was a first.