Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1 appearances
Taro Matsunami
まつなみ たろう
Matsunami Taro
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1982-06-28 （Mie Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Clinician
- Active Years
- 2008-
- Nominations
- 2009 (141st) Akutagawa Prize nomination (Yomogi Gakuen High School Soccer Club), 2013 (150th) Akutagawa Prize nomination (LIFE), 2016 (154th) Akutagawa Prize nomination (The Moment of Homo sapiens)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daito Bunka University | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Beijing Foreign Studies University | — | — | — | — | China |
| Utsunomiya University | — | — | 学士 | — | Japan |
| Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Language and Society | Graduate School of Language and Society | — | 修士 | — | Japan |
Daito Bunka University
Country:
Japan
Dropped out
Beijing Foreign Studies University
Country:
China
Dropped out
Utsunomiya University
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Graduated
Hitotsubashi University, Graduate School of Language and Society
Graduate School of Language and Society
Degree:
修士
Country:
Japan
Completed master's program
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Bungakukai Newcomer Award | Haisha (Decommissioned Car) | — | Bungakukai (literary magazine) | Winner |
| 2014 | Noma Literary Newcomer Award | LIFE | — | Noma Cultural Foundation | Winner |
Bungakukai Newcomer Award
2008
Work:
Haisha (Decommissioned Car)
Organization:
Bungakukai (literary magazine)
Result:
Winner
Noma Literary Newcomer Award
2014
Work:
LIFE
Organization:
Noma Cultural Foundation
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Noma Literary Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 36 (2014) award
Works
Major Works
Yomogi Gakuen High School Soccer Club
2009 NovelA collection of interconnected short stories centered on soccer; depicts high school soccer and the inner lives of young people.
SportsYouthCommunity
LIFE
2014 NovelA short-story collection exploring everyday life, the body, and the relationship between language and lived experience.
BodyLanguageEveryday life
The Moment of Homo sapiens
2016 NovelA collection of short stories that captures fleeting human emotions and moments of behavior.
Human natureMomentarinessPsychology
Bibliography
- Yomogi Gakuen High School Soccer Club (2009)
- LIFE (2014)
- The Moment of Homo sapiens (2016)
- Monthly 'Novel' (2016)
- A Book to Make Your Body Comfortable for Reading — Oriental Medicine Short Shorts (2020)
- Culture Center (2022)
- Were Those Words Worth Memorizing So Much? (2023)
- The Back Speaks — Eastern Medicine Unraveling the 'Body's Language' (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Contemporary literary styleConcise prose emphasizing corporeality
- Recurring Motifs
- BodyLanguageSports (soccer)Hometown
Legacy
A contemporary Japanese writer who won the Bungakukai Newcomer Award and the Noma Literary Newcomer Award. Known for works focusing on the body and language and for a distinctive practice-informed expression as a clinician.
Trivia
- Studied soccer in Spain during high school.
- Attended Daito Bunka University and Beijing Foreign Studies University (dropped out), graduated from Utsunomiya University, and completed a master's program at Hitotsubashi University.
- Opened his own clinic in 2018.