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Yukiko Kogure

こぐれ ゆきこ

Kogure Yukiko

Aliases: 小田由紀子 / 小暮 夕樹子
Pen Names: Yukiko Oda（Used for early picture-book publications and as the byline when winning the 2013 Grimm Fairy Tale Award.）, Yukiko Kogure (variant)（Name variant used at the time of the 2018 Hayashi Fumiko Literary Prize (orthographic variant).）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1960-01-01 （Okayama Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Writer, Children's book author
Active Years
1996-

Education

Okayama University
Faculty of Law and Letters
Country: Japan
Graduated from the Faculty of Law and Letters. Specific major and graduation year are not publicly specified.

Awards

13th Grimm Fairy Tale Award — Grand Prize
2013
Work: Tsukemono Daimyōjin
Organization: Grimm Fairy Tale Award
Result: 大賞（Grand Prize）
4th Hayashi Fumiko Literary Prize — Grand Prize (First Place)
2018
Work: Kureru (retitled as 'タイガー理髪店心中' for publication)
Organization: Hayashi Fumiko Literary Prize
Result: 大賞（第1席）

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tiger Barbershop Shinjū

2020 Fiction (short/medium-length)

A book-length publication retitled from the Hayashi Fumiko Prize-winning piece 'Kureru'. Centered on a barbershop, it collects short/medium-length stories that sensitively portray human relationships, loss, and renewal.

lossrenewalregional communityinterpersonal relationships

Tsukemono Daimyōjin

2020 Children's literature / Picture book

The picture-book publication of the piece that won the 2013 13th Grimm Fairy Tale Award. A tale with folkloric touches and humorous elements.

folklorefamilyhumor

The Silkworm's Gift

1996 Picture book

A picture book published in 1996 by Kibijin Publishing, illustrated by Sadao Satō (佐藤定).

naturegiftslocal memory

Dotera no Naka — Sadao Satō Exhibition Invitation Collection 1967–2016

2018 Compilation / Edited volume

An edited volume compiling exhibition invitation cards of Sadao Satō, published by Fukurou Publishing; the author served as editor/compiler.

art historyarchives

The Dollmaker

2018 Short story

A short story published in Shousetsu Tripper (Sep 2018). A psychologically oriented tale concerning humans and dolls.

dollsidentitymemory

Nude

2020 Short story

Published in Bungakukai (Sep 2020). A short story themed around the body and relationships.

the bodyintimacymemory

Bibliography

  • Tiger Barbershop Shinjū (Asahi Shimbun Publishing, Jan 2020)
  • Tsukemono Daimyōjin (Fukurou Publishing, Dec 2020)
  • The Silkworm's Gift (Kibijin Publishing, Nov 1996)
  • Dotera no Naka — Sadao Satō Exhibition Invitation Collection 1967–2016 (Fukurou Publishing, May 2018)
  • 'Tiger Barbershop Shinjū' — Shousetsu Tripper, Mar 2018 (magazine publication)
  • 'The Dollmaker' — Shousetsu Tripper, Sep 2018 (magazine publication)
  • 'Where Late Summer Goes' — Shousetsu Tripper, Sep 2019 (magazine publication)
  • 'Nude' — Bungakukai, Sep 2020 (magazine publication)
  • 'Jakō-ageha' — Shousetsu Tripper, Dec 2020 (magazine publication)
  • 'Jikakushi' — included in 12th Okayama Uchida Hyakken Literary Prize Winners Collection (Sakuhinsha, Mar 2015)
  • 'Shimofurigetsu no Niwa' — included in Yukinomachi Fantasy Literature Prize Mini-Collection 25 (Oct 2015)
  • 'A Summer Garden I Can't Tell K-san About' — Bungakukai, Jul 2018 (included in Best Essays 2019)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyrical and delicate prosecareful psychological depiction of charactersuse of regional landscapes as setting
Recurring Motifs
barber shopsdollssummer/twilightfemale perspectiveeveryday small allegories

Legacy

With awards such as the Hayashi Fumiko Literary Prize and the Grimm Fairy Tale Award, she is a contemporary Japanese woman writer noted for delicate portrayals of regional life and subtle everyday nuances. Her work has appeared in literary magazines and has been collected in book form.

Archives

  • VIAF: 34158124910414930574
  • NDL Authority ID: 001340105

Trivia

  • There are variations in name usage; she has published under pen names including Yukiko Oda and a variant Yukiko Kogure.
  • In 2013 she won the 13th Grimm Fairy Tale Award Grand Prize for 'Tsukemono Daimyōjin' (as Yukiko Oda).
  • In 2018 her submission 'Kureru' won the 4th Hayashi Fumiko Literary Prize Grand Prize (first place); the work was later retitled and published as 'Tiger Barbershop Shinjū', marking her major debut.
  • She published the picture book 'The Silkworm's Gift' in 1996.
  • Her essays have been anthologized in 'Best Essays' collections, indicating recognition for nonfiction pieces as well.
  • Authority records exist for her in VIAF and the National Diet Library (NDL).