Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (2005) award
Ren Inazumi
いないずみ れん
Inazumi Ren
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1979-02-15 （Tokyo）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- non-fiction writer, author, journalist
- Active Years
- 1997-
- Influenced By
- Megumi Hisada
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Second Faculty of Letters | — | — | 1997-2002 | Japan |
Waseda University
Second Faculty of Letters
Period:
1997-2002
Year of Graduation:
2002
Country:
Japan
Entered after passing the university entrance qualification exam following high school withdrawal
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
Work:
The Day I Said I'd Quit School
Organization:
Bungei Shunjū
Result:
受賞
Oya Soichi Nonfiction Prize (36th)
2005
Work:
I Too Go to War — The Poems and Death of Kozo Takeuchi
Organization:
Oya Soichi Nonfiction Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
My High School Dropout Manual
1998 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 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 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 non-fictionA documentary account of people working on nuclear plant decommissioning and their sense of pride.
labortechnologynuclear issues
Child of the Circus
2023 non-fictionA work based on reporting about the lives and culture of people raised in the circus.
culturefamilyoccupation
Bibliography
- 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
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- research-based nonfictionreportage stylefocus on factual and character-driven depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- labordisaster and reconstructionindividual vs society
Legacy
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.
Trivia
- 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.