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Makino Eri

まきの えり

Makino Eri

Aliases: 槇野絵里
Pen Names: Makino Eri（Author name (pen name)）, Eri Makino（Real name）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Writer, Tarot reader, Healer
Active Years
1987-

Education

Ritsumeikan University
Country: Japan

Awards

Waseda Bungaku New Writers' Prize
1987
Work: Putsun
Category: 新人賞
Organization: Waseda Bungaku
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Voice Echoing in the Dark

Novel

Valentine Gift

Novel

Madonna Girl

Novel
Adaptations
  • [Film] Love Fight (2008)

Putsun (Japanese edition)

1987 Short story

A short story; winner of the Waseda Bungaku New Writers' Prize (1987). Translated into English and introduced overseas.

Translations
  • Putsun (English edition)

Putsun (English edition)

Short story (translation)

English translation of 'Putsun'; introduced overseas.

Eighteen Years

Novel

The Clown

Novel

Blind Date

Novel

Mystery Train

Novel

Hand of God

Novel

House Without Time

Novel

Misfortune of Beauty

Novel

The Man in the Shade

Novel

Can't Sleep Tonight

Novel

Wandering Age

Novel

Bibliography

  • Voice Echoing in the Dark
  • Valentine Gift
  • Madonna Girl
  • Putsun (Japanese edition)
  • Putsun (English edition)
  • Eighteen Years
  • The Clown
  • Blind Date
  • Mystery Train
  • Hand of God
  • House Without Time
  • Misfortune of Beauty
  • The Man in the Shade
  • Can't Sleep Tonight
  • Wandering Age

Adaptations

  • Madonna Girl adapted into the film 'Love Fight' (2008)

Translations of Works

  • Putsun (English translation)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary fiction emphasizing psychological depictionLyrical, intimate prose focusing on inner life
Recurring Motifs
lonelinessfemale interioritylatent unease in everyday life

Legacy

Known for winning the Waseda Bungaku New Writers' Prize for 'Putsun' (translated into English and introduced abroad) and for the film adaptation of 'Madonna Girl' as 'Love Fight' (2008). In addition to her writing career, she is active as a tarot reader and healer and runs related courses.

Archives

  • National Diet Library (NDL) authority file
  • VIAF (Virtual International Authority File)
  • ISNI (identifier)
  • Wayback Machine: archived official website

In Popular Culture

  • Recognition among general audiences increased through the film adaptation of 'Madonna Girl'

Trivia

  • Real name is Eri Makino.
  • Won the Waseda Bungaku New Writers' Prize in 1987 for 'Putsun'.
  • 'Putsun' was translated into English and introduced overseas.
  • She runs tarot reading and healing correspondence courses.
  • Parts of her official website have been archived on the Wayback Machine.