Akutagawa Prize
1回登壇
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第35回（1956年） award
Keitaro Kondo
こんどう けいたろう
Kondo Keitaro
ペンネーム:
Kei Takase（Used for publishing short stories and essays）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1979-06-15 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan → Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Essayist
- 活動期間
- 2004年〜
- 所属
- Visiting lecturer at Waseda University (former)
- 所属団体
- Japan Writers' Association
- 影響を受けた人物
- Haruki Murakami, Banana Yoshimoto
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | 文学士 | 1997-2001 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
学位:
文学士
期間:
1997-2001
卒業年:
2001
国:
Japan
Published short stories in doujinshi during university years.
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Kazami Literary Prize | Ultramarine Afternoon | — | Kazami Foundation | winner |
| 2010 | Emerging Writers Award | Midnight Map | 短編部門 | Japan Literary Promotion Association | winner |
Kazami Literary Prize
2015
対象作品:
Ultramarine Afternoon
主催:
Kazami Foundation
結果:
winner
Emerging Writers Award
2010
対象作品:
Midnight Map
部門:
短編部門
主催:
Japan Literary Promotion Association
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Ultramarine Afternoon
2015年 Novel 312ページA novel depicting people whose memories intersect with the present in a corner of the city. Fragments of the past slowly erode and reshape the protagonist's present.
solitudememoryurban life
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Ultramarine Afternoon / 佐藤 良太 (2018)
翻訳
- English translation (Anna Sato, Acme Press, 2019)
Midnight Map
2010年 Short story collection 208ページA collection of short stories set at night. The pieces attend to the overlooked folds of everyday life and quietly stir the reader's heart.
familylossnight
翻訳
- Chinese translation (Bluebird Publishing, 2016)
全著作
- Small Voyage
- Midnight Map
- Ultramarine Afternoon
- Memories by the Window
翻案
- Ultramarine Afternoon (film adaptation, 2018)
作品の翻訳
- Ultramarine Afternoon — English (Acme Press, 2019)
- Midnight Map — Chinese (Bluebird Publishing, 2016)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Lyrical, cinematic proseDelicate narration focused on interiority
- 頻出モチーフ
- seanightmapsurban solitude
評価・遺産
Recognized for his eye for urban detail and treatment of memory, he is acknowledged as a significant contemporary voice in Japanese literature.
関連学会
- Japan Society for Contemporary Literature
資料所蔵先
- Keitaro Kondo Literary Archive (deposited at Yokohama City Library)
大衆文化への影響
- Broadened public recognition through the 2018 film adaptation
引用
-
Words always touch human memory like a lingering scent.
出典: Ultramarine Afternoon (2015) (2015年)
豆知識
- As a student he enjoyed photography; several stories use photographs as motifs.
- He has a habit of taking long walks before writing.
- Occasionally publishes essays under a pen name.