Bungei Award
1 appearances
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Edition 61 (2024) award
Saji Machikawa
まちかわ さじ
Machikawa Saji
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- 1993 （Tokushima Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokushima Prefecture, Japan (birthplace) → Shiga Prefecture, Japan (raised) → Hokkaido, Japan (resident)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Company employee, IT engineer
- Active Years
- 2024-
- Influenced By
- Kan Nozaki, Kimihiko Abe, Mebae Kawano
- Nominations
- 38th Mishima Yukio Prize nominee (2025)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
—
Left university before graduating
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bungei Prize | Hikari no Soko de Shiroku Nemuru | — | Bungei (magazine) | Winner |
Bungei Prize
2024
Work:
Hikari no Soko de Shiroku Nemuru
Organization:
Bungei (magazine)
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Hikari no Soko de Shiroku Nemuru
2024 NovelDebut novel and winner of the 61st Bungei Prize. Public information is limited, but the work has been presented as a literary piece that delicately depicts themes such as light, sleep, and fragments of everyday life.
lightsleepmemorymigrationeveryday life
Bibliography
- Hikari no Soko de Shiroku Nemuru (Kawade Shobo Shinsha, Nov 2024)
- 'Onsen, Gyoza ga Tobu' (Bungakukai, Jan 2025)
- Dokusho Nissoku (Subaru, Apr–Jun 2025)
- Tenki no Hanashi (Shincho, Aug 2025)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- quiet, observational proseinterwoven poetic description
- Recurring Motifs
- lightsleepfragments of daily lifemigration/regional life
Legacy
A rising writer who gained attention after winning the Bungei Prize in 2024. Recognized for depicting details of everyday life and experiences of regional migration.
Trivia
- Born in 1993.
- Born in Tokushima Prefecture, raised in Shiga Prefecture, currently living in Hokkaido.
- After leaving university, worked as a part-time worker and temp before becoming an IT engineer.
- Debuted in 2024 after winning the 61st Bungei Prize for 'Hikari no Soko de Shiroku Nemuru'.
- Maintains accounts on X (formerly Twitter) and Bluesky.