Shincho Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1976) award
Jun Kasahara
かさはら じゅん
Kasahara Jun
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1985-04-12 （Fukuoka, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Fukuoka (birth) → Tokyo (residence)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Screenwriter, Essayist
- Active Years
- 2010-
- Affiliations
- Japan Writers Association
- Memberships
- Japan Writers Association
- Influenced By
- Haruki Murakami, Yasunari Kawabata
- Influenced
- a generation of emerging writers
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyushu University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | 学士 | 2004-2008 | Japan |
Kyushu University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Degree:
学士
Period:
2004-2008
Year of Graduation:
2008
Country:
Japan
Published short stories during studies and debuted in literary circles.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Future Literature Prize | Voices of the Sea | 長編小説 | Future Literature Prize Committee | 受賞 |
| 2019 | Newcomer Literature Award | Town at Dawn | 短編 | Contemporary Literature Promotion Association | 受賞 |
Future Literature Prize
2023
Work:
Voices of the Sea
Category:
長編小説
Organization:
Future Literature Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Newcomer Literature Award
2019
Work:
Town at Dawn
Category:
短編
Organization:
Contemporary Literature Promotion Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Akutagawa Prize
1 appearances
Works
Major Works
Voices of the Sea
2022 Novel 320 pagesA novel following a middle-aged man confronting his coastal hometown. A lyrical story where past memories and the present intersect.
seamemoryfamilyrenewal
Adaptations
- [Film] Voices of the Sea / 佐藤健一 (2024)
Translations
- English edition 'Voices of the Sea' translated by Emma Tanaka
Town at Dawn
2018 Short story collection 180 pagesA collection of short stories portraying daily life and fleeting nostalgia in the city.
urban lifesolitudeencounters
Bibliography
- Town at Dawn (2018)
- Voices of the Sea (2022)
- Small Lights (2015)
Adaptations
- Voices of the Sea (film, 2024)
Translations of Works
- English translation: Voices of the Sea (trans. Emma Tanaka, 2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical and transparent proseintrospective, quiet monologues
- Recurring Motifs
- seamemorythe passage of time
Legacy
His delicate portrayals of regional landscapes and personal memory are seen as emblematic of a lyrical resurgence in contemporary Japanese literature.
Academic Societies
- Japanese Literary Society
In Popular Culture
- The film adaptation of 'Voices of the Sea' brought wider public recognition.
Quotes
-
The sea always seemed unchanged, as if it remembered me.
Source: Voices of the Sea (novel, 2022) (2022)
Trivia
- Born in Fukuoka Prefecture.
- Often visits coastal towns for research while writing.