Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (1995) award
Koarashi Kuhachiro
こあらし くはちろう
Koarashi Kuhachiro
Aliases:
工藤永人
Pen Names:
Yoneyama Shinsuke（Pen name used for composing tanka (later unified under Koarashi Kuhachiro)）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1944-07-31 （Noshiro, Akita, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Noshiro, Akita, Japan → Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Tanka poet
- Active Years
- 1988-
- Affiliations
- Japanese PEN Club, Mirai (Tanka society)
- Memberships
- Japanese PEN Club, Mirai (Tanka society)
- Influenced By
- Takashi Okai
- Nominations
- 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)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University | School of Political Science and Economics | — | 学士 | — | Japan |
Kanagawa Prefectural Kawasaki High School
Country:
Japan
Waseda University
School of Political Science and Economics
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Participated in New Left activism while enrolled; was active in the Socialist Youth League (Liberation Faction)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award | Prison Stories | — | Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award Committee | 受賞 |
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award
1994
Work:
Prison Stories
Organization:
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Ruroki
1988 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 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 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 NovelA work that explores people's motives and the subtleties of local politics through a regional election. A Naoki Prize nominee.
electionslocal politicshuman relations
Bibliography
- 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)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lively narration incorporating Akita dialectCombines the concision and lyricism of tanka with prose
- Recurring Motifs
- sea and waterlocal communitiesprison and incarcerationworkers and anti-establishment movementsChristian imagery
Legacy
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.
Archives
- National Diet Library of Japan (holdings)
- VIAF/ISNI/WorldCat and other authority databases
Trivia
- 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.