Japan Art Academy Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 60 (2004) award
Yuji Ito
いとう ゆうじ
Itō Yūji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2001-
- Influenced By
- Haruki Murakami
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Akutagawa Prize | The Wind Across the Sea | — | Japan Literary Promotion Society | 受賞 |
Akutagawa Prize
2023
Work:
The Wind Across the Sea
Organization:
Japan Literary Promotion Society
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Wind Across the Sea
2022 Fiction 320 pagesA coming-of-age story set in a small port town.
Coming-of-ageFamily
Bibliography
- The Wind Across the Sea
- Blue Afternoon
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- LyricalIntrospective
- Recurring Motifs
- SeaYouth
Legacy
Widely regarded as a representative figure in contemporary Japanese literature.
Academic Societies
- Society for Japanese Literature
Quotes
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The story is always on the other side of the sea.
Source: Interview in 'Literary Winds' (2023)
Trivia
- Prefers writing by the seaside.