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Kiyokazu Kanze

かんぜ きよかず

Kanze Kiyokazu

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1980-02-15 （Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture → Shinjuku, Tokyo

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2003-
Influenced By
Haruki Murakami
Nominations
Nominated for Yomiuri Literary Prize

Education

Waseda University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
Degree: 文学士
Period: 1998-2002
Year of Graduation: 2002
Country: Japan

Awards

Bungei Prize
2005
Work: Blue Boat
Organization: Bungeishunju
Result: 受賞
Akutagawa Prize
2012
Work: Garden of Shadows
Organization: The Society for the Promotion of Japanese Literature
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Blue Boat

2005 Short Story 32 pages

Depicts the growth of a young man.

coming of age

Garden of Shadows

2012 Novel 256 pages

A story about loss and rebirth.

lossrebirth
Adaptations
  • [Film] Garden of Shadows / 田中宏 (2014)
Translations
  • Garden of Shadows (English Translation)

Bibliography

  • Blue Boat
  • Garden of Shadows

Translations of Works

  • Garden of Shadows (French Edition)
  • Garden of Shadows (Spanish Edition)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyricalintrospective
Recurring Motifs
gardenshadow

Legacy

Regarded as a writer who depicts loss and rebirth in contemporary literature.

Academic Societies

  • Japanese Literature Society

Quotes

  • To write is to live.
    Source: Interview in 'Bungei' (2013)

Trivia

  • His early works focused on short stories.