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Yoshinobu Kuribayashi

くりばやし よしのぶ

Kuribayashi Yoshinobu

ペンネーム: Y. Kuribayashi(Used for short stories and essays)

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1978-06-12 (Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo (birth–early adulthood) → Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture (creative period)

経歴

職業
Novelist, Screenwriter
活動期間
2003年〜
影響を受けた人物
Haruki Murakami, Shusaku Endo
影響を与えた人物
Emerging Writer A

学歴

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 magazines during university, laying groundwork for literary debut

受賞歴

Akutagawa Prize
2016
対象作品: Voices on the Shore
部門: 小説
主催: Japan Literary Promotion Association
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Voices on the Shore

2015年 Short story collection 240ページ

A collection of short stories set by the sea, portraying memory and loss with a quiet, lyrical tone.

memorylossthe sea
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Voices on the Shore / 中村浩 (2018)
翻訳
  • English translation: Voices on the Shore (trans. A. Smith)

The Night Library

2019年 Novel 320ページ

A novel set in a library after hours. Its mysterious structure intertwines past and present, drawing readers into its world.

timeidentitymemory

全著作

  • Voices on the Shore (2015)
  • The Night Library (2019)
  • Map of Light (short stories, 2022)

翻案

  • Voices on the Shore (film, 2018)

作品の翻訳

  • Voices on the Shore — English translation (2017)

作風・主題

文体
Quiet, lyrical prosePsychological depiction grounded in detailed description
頻出モチーフ
coastlineslibrariesforgetting and memory

評価・遺産

Recognized in recent Japanese literature for his quiet prose and treatment of memory; film adaptations have broadened his readership.

関連学会

  • Japanese Literary Society

資料所蔵先

  • Waseda University Library, Modern Literature Room (holds manuscripts)

大衆文化への影響

  • Increased media exposure from the film adaptation of 'Voices on the Shore'

引用

  • The past does not disappear. It changes shape and quietly remains beside us.
    出典: Voices on the Shore (2015) (2015年)

豆知識

  • Has a habit of writing concentratedly in the mornings
  • Often brews coffee before writing