Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 125 (2020) award
Mina Miki
みき みな
Miki Mina
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1991-00-00 （Saitama Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2020-
- Nominations
- Shortlisted for the 163rd Akutagawa Prize (for 'Aki-chan', 2020), Shortlisted for the 170th Akutagawa Prize (for 'Aisenelweisen', 2024)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | Bungakukai Newcomer Prize | Aki-chan | — | Bungakukai (literary magazine) | Winner |
Bungakukai Newcomer Prize
2020
Work:
Aki-chan
Organization:
Bungakukai (literary magazine)
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Aisenelweisen
2024 FictionA short-story collection centered on pieces published in Bungakukai; it delicately explores the emotions and memories of contemporary youth.
youthmemoryeveryday life
Aki-chan
2020 Short fictionHer debut piece; a short story portraying small everyday events and loneliness. It won the 125th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize.
everyday lifelonelinesscoming of age
Bibliography
- Aisenelweisen (single volume, Bungeishunju, 2024)
- Aki-chan (short story, Bungakukai May 2020)
- Minoru Haru (short story, Bungakukai April 2021)
- Peach (short story, Tobu Kyoshitsu No.65, Spring 2021)
- Fire Extinguisher (short story, Bungakukai October 2022)
- Tsuchiya Moe (short story, Bungei Autumn 2024)
- Literary Shifts Caused by 90s-born Authors: Questionnaire with 26 Writers (essay, Bungei Winter 2020)
- A Walk on Shoko Horikiri Bridge (essay, Gunzo November 2020)
- What is a Friend (essay, Tobu Kyoshitsu No.64, Winter 2021)
- Questionnaire: Stations of Memory (essay, Gunzo May 2021)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise, restrained proseDepictions attuned to contemporary sensibilities
- Recurring Motifs
- mundane detailsmemory and lossyouthful emotions
Legacy
An emerging writer who gained attention after winning the Bungakukai Newcomer Prize and has been shortlisted multiple times for the Akutagawa Prize, regarded as a promising voice in contemporary literature.
Trivia
- Born in 1991 in Saitama Prefecture, Japan.
- Debuted in 2020 with 'Aki-chan', winning the 125th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize.
- Official X (formerly Twitter) account: @mikiminamiki.