Kubota Utsubo Award
1 appearances
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Edition 43 (2010) award
Momoko Kurokawa
くろかわ ももこ
Kurokawa Momoko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Writer
- Active Years
- 2014-
- Influenced By
- Mieko Kawakami, Osamu Dazai
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Young Writers' Prize | The Tangerine Season | 小説部門 | Japan Literature Promotion Association | 受賞 |
Young Writers' Prize
2024
Work:
The Tangerine Season
Category:
小説部門
Organization:
Japan Literature Promotion Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
The Japanese Early Modern Literature Association Award
1 appearances
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Edition 7 (2010) award
Works
Major Works
The Tangerine Season
2024 Contemporary Literary Fiction (Short Story Collection) 192 pagesA collection of short stories set in a small suburban town exploring family, memory and isolation. Through detailed depictions of everyday life and psychological nuance, it portrays loss and quiet renewal.
familymemorylonelinessrenewal
Translations
- The Tangerine Season (English translation)
Bibliography
- The Tangerine Season (short story collection, 2024)
- A Small Box by the Sea (short story, 2018)
Translations of Works
- The Tangerine Season (English translation, 2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Detailed psychological描写 with restrained narrationSymbolic use of everyday life
- Recurring Motifs
- fruit (tangerines)sea and port townssmall objects inside homes
Legacy
Recognized as a promising young writer for sensitive psychological描写 and portrayals of regional landscapes; noted by a new generation of writers.
Quotes
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Memory always returns in the smell of someone's kitchen.
Source: The Tangerine Season (short story "Kitchen") (2024)
Trivia
- She always drafts by hand before typing.
- A fan of tangerines; they frequently appear in her works.