Bungei Award
1回登壇
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第61回（2024年） award
Saji Machikawa
まちかわ さじ
Machikawa Saji
プロフィール
- 性別
- 不明
- 生誕
- 1993 （Tokushima Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Tokushima Prefecture, Japan (birthplace) → Shiga Prefecture, Japan (raised) → Hokkaido, Japan (resident)
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Company employee, IT engineer
- 活動期間
- 2024年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Kan Nozaki, Kimihiko Abe, Mebae Kawano
- ノミネート
- 38th Mishima Yukio Prize nominee (2025)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | — | — | — | — |
—
Left university before graduating
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Bungei Prize | Hikari no Soko de Shiroku Nemuru | — | Bungei (magazine) | Winner |
Bungei Prize
2024
対象作品:
Hikari no Soko de Shiroku Nemuru
主催:
Bungei (magazine)
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Hikari no Soko de Shiroku Nemuru
2024年 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
全著作
- 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)
作風・主題
- 文体
- quiet, observational proseinterwoven poetic description
- 頻出モチーフ
- lightsleepfragments of daily lifemigration/regional life
評価・遺産
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.
豆知識
- 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.