Kodansha Essay Award
1回登壇
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第19回（2003年） award
Nobuko Itozu
いとうづ のぶこ
Itozu Nobuko
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- Tokyo, Japan
- 死没
- 2019-01-31 71歳
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Tokyo, Japan → Paris, France
経歴
- 職業
- painter, essayist
- 活動期間
- 1970年〜2019年
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tokyo University of the Arts | Faculty of Fine Arts | — | — | — | Japan |
Tokyo University of the Arts
Faculty of Fine Arts
国:
Japan
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Kodansha Essay Award | The Sleepless City | — | Kodansha | 受賞 |
Kodansha Essay Award
2003
対象作品:
The Sleepless City
主催:
Kodansha
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Paris Melancholia: Light, Scent and Color — The Luminous City
1995年 art and essaysA collection of paintings and essays recording life and scenes in Paris, portraying the city's light and color from a melancholic perspective.
Parisnostalgiacolor expression
Painter Cat Kachya
1998年 picture book / essaysA work of illustrations and text centered on a cat, viewed through the perspective of a painter.
catseveryday lifeobservation
The Sleepless City
2002年 photography and essaysA book of photographs and essays capturing the sleepless city's scenes and moods; recipient of the Kodansha Essay Award.
urban lifeinsomnialoneliness
全著作
- Paris Melancholia: Light, Scent and Color — The Luminous City (1995)
- Painter Cat Kachya (1998)
- The Sleepless City (2002)
- Showa Modern Vessels (co-authored, 2006)
作風・主題
- 文体
- rich visual descriptionlyrical prose
- 頻出モチーフ
- Parisian scenescatsnight and insomnia
健康
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pancreatic cancer2018–2019Passed away in 2019 after battling the disease; it affected her final period of creative activity.
評価・遺産
A painter and essayist active in Tokyo and Paris, known for works combining photography and prose that depict urban fragments. Her Kodansha Essay Award win underlined recognition of her literary output alongside her painting.
豆知識
- She descended from a family connected to figures associated with the founding circle of Mainichi Shimbun.
- Her partner, author Masahito Nakayama, was by her side at the end of her life.