Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 106 (2008) award
Michio Kitano
きたの みちお
Kitano Michio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1984-05-31 （Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Kyoto City, Kyoto Prefecture, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2007-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | First Faculty of Letters | — | — | — | Japan |
Waseda University
First Faculty of Letters
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Bungeikai Newcomer Prize | Double Exposure | — | Bungeikai (literary magazine) | 最終候補 |
| 2008 | Bungeikai Newcomer Prize | Escape Route | — | Bungeikai (literary magazine) | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Akutagawa Prize | The Kanto Plain | — | — | 候補 |
Bungeikai Newcomer Prize
2007
Work:
Double Exposure
Organization:
Bungeikai (literary magazine)
Result:
最終候補
Bungeikai Newcomer Prize
2008
Work:
Escape Route
Organization:
Bungeikai (literary magazine)
Result:
受賞
Akutagawa Prize
2013
Work:
The Kanto Plain
Result:
候補
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Escape Route
2008 Short storyA short story published in Bungeikai about a young person's attempt to escape and the emotional turmoil that follows.
escapeisolationyouth
Rainbow and Rainbow Trout
2009 Short storyA delicate short story exploring the relationship between nature and its characters.
naturememoryrelationships
The Sparkle of Mud
2010 Short storyA short story depicting anxieties and subtle emotions hidden within everyday life.
everyday lifeanxietyinner life
Fellow Traveler
2011 Short storyA story about relationships that form through travel and movement.
journeybondschance
The Kanto Plain
2012 Short storySet against the expansive Kanto plain, this piece questions the distance between city life and the individual.
urbanitydistanceloneliness
Disappearance
2013 Short storyExplores the psychology surrounding a character's disappearance and how others react.
disappearancepsychologyrelationships
Kyoto Junction
2013 Short storyA short story set in Kyoto portraying people who gather at the city's intersections.
Kyotointersectionsurban landscapes
Lake Drive
2014 Short storyDepicts human relationships that surface during a drive to a lakeshore.
lakejourneyhuman relations
305
2014 Short storyA brief tale that unfolds around a room number or specific location.
placesignschance
End of the Journey
2015 Short storyA piece describing the emotional changes encountered at the end of a journey.
journeychangeintrospection
Rest in Peace
2016 Short storyA short story themed around loss and memorialization.
lossmemorialviews on life and death
Ghost Town
2017 Short storyA short story depicting depopulation and a sense of emptiness.
depopulationemptinessurban
Prediction A
2020 Short storyAn experimental short story concerning prediction and chance.
predictionchanceexperimental
Bibliography
- Escape Route (Bungeikai, June 2008)
- Rainbow and Rainbow Trout (Bungeikai, Oct 2009)
- The Sparkle of Mud (Bungeikai, Oct 2010)
- Fellow Traveler (Bungeikai, Oct 2011)
- The Kanto Plain (Bungeikai, Sep 2012)
- Disappearance (Bungeikai, Jul 2013)
- Kyoto Junction (Subaru, Dec 2013)
- Lake Drive (Bungeikai, Apr 2014)
- 305 (Subaru, Jul 2014)
- End of the Journey (Bungeikai, Mar 2015)
- Rest in Peace (Subaru, Jun 2016)
- Ghost Town (Subaru, Aug 2017)
- Prediction A (Subaru, Feb 2020)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise, restrained proseFocus on psychological depiction
- Recurring Motifs
- escapedisappearancelakesurban settings
Legacy
Recognized as a promising short story writer, noted for winning the 2008 Bungeikai Newcomer Prize and for contributions to contemporary Japanese short fiction; currently based in Kyoto.
Trivia
- Born May 31, 1984 in Tsukuba, Ibaraki.
- Graduate of Waseda University, First Faculty of Letters.
- Won the 106th Bungeikai Newcomer Prize in 2008 for "Escape Route".
- Shortlisted for the Akutagawa Prize in 2013 for "The Kanto Plain".