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第96回（2003年） award
Akiko Itoyama
いとやま あきこ
Itoyama Akiko
ペンネーム:
Akiko (hiragana)（Used at time of winning the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize (before debut)）,
Akiko Itoyama（Name used at debut and thereafter (common professional name)）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1966-11-22 （Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan → Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan (since 2006)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Essayist, Radio personality, Bassist, Part-time lecturer, Adjunct director
- 活動期間
- 2003年〜
- 所属
- Takasaki University of Economics — Adjunct Director (part-time), Hosei University — Visiting Professor (2011)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Michel Butor, Henry Miller, Louis-Ferdinand Céline, Kenji Miyazawa, Masuji Ibuse
- ノミネート
- 129th Akutagawa Prize nominee (It's Only Talk), 133rd Naoki Prize nominee (Runaway Fool), 27th Noma Literary New Face Award nominee (Runaway Fool)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | School of Political Science and Economics | Department of Economics | 学士（経済学） | — | Japan |
Waseda University
School of Political Science and Economics
/ Department of Economics
学位:
学士（経済学）
国:
Japan
Graduated from Waseda University's School of Political Science and Economics (Department of Economics) after attending Tokyo Metropolitan Shinjuku High School.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Bungakukai Newcomer Prize | It's Only Talk | — | Bungakukai (magazine) | 受賞 |
| 2004 | Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize | The Man in a Dead End | — | Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Art Encouragement Prize (New Artist) — MEXT | The Sea Hermit | — | Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT (award for new artists) | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Akutagawa Prize | Waiting Offshore | — | Akutagawa Prize judging committee | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize | Thinhearted | — | Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize Committee | 受賞 |
Bungakukai Newcomer Prize
2003
対象作品:
It's Only Talk
主催:
Bungakukai (magazine)
結果:
受賞
Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize
2004
対象作品:
The Man in a Dead End
主催:
Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize Committee
結果:
受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (New Artist) — MEXT
2005
対象作品:
The Sea Hermit
主催:
Agency for Cultural Affairs / MEXT (award for new artists)
結果:
受賞
Akutagawa Prize
2005
対象作品:
Waiting Offshore
主催:
Akutagawa Prize judging committee
結果:
受賞
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize
2016
対象作品:
Thinhearted
主催:
Tanizaki Jun'ichirō Prize Committee
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
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第30回（2004年） award
Akutagawa Prize
1回登壇
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第134回（2005年 第2回開催） award
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第55回（2005年） award
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第52回（2016年） award
作品
代表作
It's Only Talk
2004年 NovelDebut work composed of short linked stories centered on dialogue, depicting characters' inner lives and relationships.
dialogueisolationhuman relationships
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Soft Life (Yawarakai Seikatsu) / 廣木隆一
The Man in a Dead End
2004年 NovelA novel exploring human isolation and absurdity; recipient of the Kawabata Yasunari Literary Prize.
isolationabsurditycontemporary society
The Sea Hermit
2004年 NovelA work concerned with the sea and one's relation to the outside world; winner of the MEXT New Artist Award.
seasolitudebelonging
Waiting Offshore
2006年 NovelA linked short-story collection; won the Akutagawa Prize.
waitinginner lifenature and humans
Runaway Fool
2005年 NovelPublished in 2005; deals with escape and redefinition of self; was a Naoki Prize nominee.
escapeselfnew beginnings
Thinhearted
2015年 NovelPublished in 2015 and winner of the Tanizaki Prize; a novel that examines the coldness of human relationships and lack of sentiment.
human relationshipsaloofnessmodernity
全著作
- It's Only Talk
- The Sea Hermit
- The Man in a Dead End
- Runaway Fool
- Small Talk
- NEET
- Waiting Offshore
- Escape / Absent
- Dirty Work
- Raji & Peace
- Bakemono
- The Wife's Aloofness
- Descendants
- Sequel to an Unpleasant Book
- The Forgotten Waltz
- Takeoff
- Thinhearted
- Komatsu and Usa-chan
- I Slept Without Dreams
- Your Company's Flirt
- A Decent Life
- God and Black Crab Prefecture
翻案
- Soft Life (film: directed by Ryûichi Hiroki)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Conversational, dialogue-driven proseRealist expression mixing humor and ironyDepictions of everyday life from a female perspective
- 頻出モチーフ
- isolationdistance from the sea / the outside worldflight and unexpected eventscool or strained human relationships
健康
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Bipolar disorder1998年（入院・治療）She began writing while hospitalized in 1998; the illness led to a period of leave from work but became the catalyst for her literary career.
評価・遺産
Since the 2000s she has won multiple newcomer and major literary prizes and is regarded as one of the notable contemporary Japanese writers. Her conversational style and portrayals from a female perspective have been widely praised.
大衆文化への影響
- The film 'Soft Life' adapted from It's Only Talk
引用
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Itoyama may come to displace Haruki Murakami.
出典: Kazuya Fukuda (conversation, SPA! October 2008 issue) (2008年)
豆知識
- Birth name: Akiko Nishihira.
- The family name 'Itoyama' was taken from her great-grandfather, attorney Sadanori Itoyama.
- Debuted in 2003 after winning the 96th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize.
- Her work It's Only Talk was adapted into the film Soft Life directed by Ryûichi Hiroki.
- Maintains a public writing corner called 'Itoyama-bou' in a Maebashi bookstore where she writes in public.
- Has participated as a bassist in a trio called 'Itoboka' and engaged in musical activities.
- Won a lawsuit related to a film script dispute (case involving screenwriter Haruhiko Arai; judgment was ultimately confirmed).