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Furukuri Kinoshita

きのした ふるくり

Kinoshita Furukuri

Pen Names: Free Googleton（Pen name used for some e-book publications）

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1981 （Saitama Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2006-

Awards

Gunzo Newcomer Literary Prize (49th)
2006
Work: Infinite Servant (Mugen no Shimobe)
Organization: Gunzo (Kodansha)
Result: Winner
Isayama Prize
2010
Work: Good Woman vs. Good Woman
Organization: Isayama Prize Committee
Result: Winner
Twitter Literary Award (Domestic)
2015
Work: I'll Pay You to Let Me Punch You Barehanded?
Organization: Twitter Literary Award organizers
Result: 1st place (Domestic)

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Descendants of Positive Thinking

2009 Short story collection

His first single-volume collection containing many newly written short stories. The pieces showcase his nonsense, surreal developments and frequent use of sexual humor and parody.

nonsensesurrealismsexual humorparody

Good Woman vs. Good Woman

2011 Short stories / Fiction

A collection of short stories featuring his distinctive linguistic sense and black humor. Known as the work that won the Isayama Prize.

black humorhuman absurditysexual content

I'll Pay You to Let Me Punch You Barehanded?

2014 Fiction / Short stories

A volume centered on short stories including the title piece. It depicts the dark sides of modern society, including the IT industry, and provoked significant reaction on social media.

dark sides of modern societyviolencedesire

Globalize (GLOBARISE)

2016 Novel

A novel published after a title change, portraying globalization and social conflicts from his unique perspective. The paperback edition contains editorial differences, such as a replaced short story.

globalizationsocial friction

Generated Impure Literature

2017 Short story collection

A short story collection including magazine pieces and new stories. It contains experimental expressions and essay-like critical writings.

experimental expressionliterature and media

Aspects of the Human World

2019 Novel / Serialized fiction

A long-form collection centered on serialized pieces. Characterized by a linked structure that depicts the oddities and comic aspects of human society.

linked storiessocial satire

Sapiens Foreplay

2020 Short stories / Contemporary fiction

A short story collection featuring pieces from "Bungei" and others. As the title implies, stories probe human primality and unsettle sexual and cultural conventions.

human primalitycultural criticism

Yude-Gai: 94 Short Pieces About Pasta

2023 Flash fiction (e-book, published under Free Googleton)

An e-book collection of flash fiction published under the pen name Free Googleton. Noted as an experimental work created with the use of AI.

food cultureexperimental creation

Takao Syndrome

2023 Criticism / Literary essay (e-book, published under Free Googleton)

An e-book of literary criticism published under the pen name Free Googleton. It compiles critical perspectives on literature and culture.

literary criticismcultural criticism

Bibliography

  • Descendants of Positive Thinking (2009)
  • Good Woman vs. Good Woman (2011)
  • I'll Pay You to Let Me Punch You Barehanded? (2014)
  • Globalize (2016)
  • Generated Impure Literature (2017)
  • Aspects of the Human World (2019)
  • Sapiens Foreplay (2020)
  • Yude-Gai: 94 Short Pieces About Pasta (2023, as Free Googleton)
  • Takao Syndrome (2023, as Free Googleton)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
nonsense literaturesurrealblack humorstyle focused on sound and phrasingparody
Recurring Motifs
eroticismviolencemadness within the everydaysatire of consumer society

Legacy

A writer who built a unique world through nonsense, surreal developments, sexual humor and black humor. After debuting with the Gunzo Newcomer Prize, he received the Isayama Prize and recognition in the Twitter Literary Award, gaining a dedicated fanbase. His print publications, serial columns and experimental e-book projects have also been noted.

In Popular Culture

  • Has a core following on social media and has attracted attention through awards such as the Twitter Literary Award.

Quotes

  • Writers use excessive vulgarity as a tool to climb the mountain of literature.
    Source: Hobo Nikkan Itoi Shinbun interview (2021) (2021)

Trivia

  • Born in 1981. From Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
  • Debuted in 2006 after winning the 49th Gunzo Newcomer Literary Prize.
  • Won the Isayama Prize in 2010 and ranked first in the domestic category of the Twitter Literary Award in 2015.
  • Published e-books under the pen name Free Googleton (2023); one of the e-books is noted as created using AI.
  • Has written regular columns for magazines such as UOMO.