Bungakukai Newcomer Award
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Masato Itagaki
いたがき まさと
Itagaki Masato
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1990-07-17 （Murayama, Yamagata, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Murayama, Yamagata, Japan → Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, American literature researcher, University lecturer
- Active Years
- 2014-
- Affiliations
- Kanazawa Gakuin University
- Influenced By
- Herman Melville
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seikei University Graduate School, Faculty of Letters | Graduate School of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Seikei University Graduate School, Faculty of Letters
Graduate School of Letters
Country:
Japan
Won the 119th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize while enrolled and debuted as a novelist.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 119th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize | Trace | — | Bungakukai (literary magazine) | winner |
119th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize
2014
Work:
Trace
Organization:
Bungakukai (literary magazine)
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Trace
2014 Short storyDebut short story published in Bungakukai (December 2014 issue).
Voice Change
2015 Short storyShort story published in Bungakukai (June 2015 issue).
Sura
2016 Short storyShort story published in Bungakukai (February 2016 issue).
History of Loud Voices
2017 Short storyShort story published in Bungakukai (November 2017 issue).
Do You Like Verbs?
2015 EssayAn essay published in Subaru magazine (February 2015 issue).
The Sound of the American Mind: Literature, Trauma, and the Body (co-authored)
2019 Scholarly edited volume (co-authored)Co-authored scholarly volume published May 24, 2019 (Kotori Nashibooks). Contributed a chapter in Part III on 'Billy Budd' and stuttering titled "On Writing Voice — Drafts of 'Billy Budd' and Billy's Stammer."
voicetraumaembodiment
Voice, Violence, and the Individual: On Speech Disorders in 'Billy Budd, Sailor'
2017 Academic articleArticle published in Seikei Humanistic Studies No.25 (March 2017).
voicespeech disordersviolence
On Writing Voice: Drafts of 'Billy Budd, Sailor' and Billy's Stuttering
2018 Academic articlePaper published in American Literature Studies No.55 (2018), edited by the Japanese Association for American Literature.
voicestutteringdraft studies
Bibliography
- Trace (Bungakukai, Dec. 2014)
- Voice Change (Bungakukai, Jun. 2015)
- Do You Like Verbs? (Subaru, Feb. 2015)
- Sura (Bungakukai, Feb. 2016)
- History of Loud Voices (Bungakukai, Nov. 2017)
- The Sound of the American Mind: Literature, Trauma, and the Body (co-authored, 2019)
- Voice, Violence, and the Individual: On Speech Disorders in 'Billy Budd, Sailor' (Seikei Humanistic Studies No.25, 2017)
- On Writing Voice: Drafts of 'Billy Budd, Sailor' and Billy's Stuttering (American Literature Studies No.55, 2018)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Observational and experimental prose attentive to representations of voiceAnalytical writing that incorporates scholarly perspectives
- Recurring Motifs
- voiceembodimentspeech disorderstrauma
Legacy
Attracted attention as a young writer after winning the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize; also recognized for scholarly work on voice and embodiment in American literature.
Academic Societies
- Japanese Association for American Literature
Archives
- researchmap - Masato Itagaki
- J-GLOBAL - Masato Itagaki
- NRID / KAKEN - Masato Itagaki
Trivia
- Debuted after winning the 119th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize while enrolled at Seikei University's graduate school.
- Debut work: 'Trace'.
- Has published academic papers and contributed chapters on 'Billy Budd' and issues of voice and speech disorders.