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第16回（1995年） award
Koarashi Kuhachiro
こあらし くはちろう
Koarashi Kuhachiro
別名:
工藤永人
ペンネーム:
Yoneyama Shinsuke（Pen name used for composing tanka (later unified under Koarashi Kuhachiro)）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1944-07-31 （Noshiro, Akita, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japanese
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Noshiro, Akita, Japan → Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Tanka poet
- 活動期間
- 1988年〜
- 所属
- Japanese PEN Club, Mirai (Tanka society)
- 所属団体
- Japanese PEN Club, Mirai (Tanka society)
- 影響を受けた人物
- Takashi Okai
- ノミネート
- 106th Naoki Prize nominee (Tettou no Naku Machi), 108th Naoki Prize nominee (Seijūrō), 110th Naoki Prize nominee (Ora Ho no Senkyo), 112th Naoki Prize nominee (Kaze ga Yonderu)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University | School of Political Science and Economics | — | 学士 | — | Japan |
Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki High School
国:
Japan
Waseda University
School of Political Science and Economics
学位:
学士
国:
Japan
Participated in New Left activism while enrolled; was active in the Socialist Youth League (Liberation Faction)
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award | Prison Stories | — | Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award Committee | 受賞 |
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award
1994
対象作品:
Prison Stories
主催:
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award Committee
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Ruroki
1988年 NovelA novel depicting the drifting of youth and the human landscape of migration from the countryside to the city; one of his early representative works.
driftrural–urban relationscoming of age
The Town Where the Tower Cries
1991年 NovelAn ensemble drama set in a regional city that portrays the friction between modernization and local life. A Naoki Prize nominee.
modernizationcommunitylabor
Prison Stories
1994年 NovelBased on the author's own prison experience, it depicts life in prison and the human relationships formed there. Winner of the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award.
prisonrehabilitationsocial margins
Our Election
1993年 NovelA work that explores people's motives and the subtleties of local politics through a regional election. A Naoki Prize nominee.
electionslocal politicshuman relations
全著作
- Ruroki (1988)
- Legend of the Giant Fish (1988)
- Youth Drift Chronicle (1988)
- The Lawyer Jin's Love-Murder Tale (1988)
- The Town Where the Tower Cries (1991)
- Seijūrō (1992)
- Our Election (1993)
- Prison Stories (1994)
- The Wind Is Calling (1995)
- Waterlogged Soul (2007)
- Why Does Heaven's Father Abandon? (2013)
- I, Devoted to Beauty (2014)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Lively narration incorporating Akita dialectCombines the concision and lyricism of tanka with prose
- 頻出モチーフ
- sea and waterlocal communitiesprison and incarcerationworkers and anti-establishment movementsChristian imagery
評価・遺産
Known for bringing a regional perspective and tanka-inflected diction to his novels, he reflected his prison experiences and New Left activism in his work. He won the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award and has been recognized for his distinctive voice.
資料所蔵先
- National Diet Library of Japan (holdings)
- VIAF/ISNI/WorldCat and other authority databases
豆知識
- Real name is 工藤永人 (reading not specified).
- Used the pen name Yoneyama Shinsuke as a tanka poet, later unified publications under Koarashi Kuhachiro.
- Joined New Left movements while at university; was active in the Socialist Youth League (Liberation Faction) and served a total of five years in prison.
- Won the 16th Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award in 1994 for Prison Stories.