Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 98 (2004) honorable mention
Natsu Miyashita
みやした なつ
Miyashita Natsu
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1967-01-01 （Fukui City, Fukui Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Fukui City (birthplace) → Shintoku, Hokkaido (one-year mountain-village study)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2004-
- Influenced By
- Satoru Satō
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia University, Faculty of Letters | Faculty of Letters | Department of Philosophy | — | — | Japan |
Sophia University, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Philosophy
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | Bungakukai Newcomer Prize | Quiet Rain | — | Bungakukai (Magazine) | 佳作 |
| 2010 | Tsubota Jōji Literary Award | Song of Joy | — | Tsubota Jōji Literary Award Committee | 候補 |
| 2012 | Honya Taisho (Booksellers Award) | Someone Is Missing | — | Honya Taisho Executive Committee | 第7位 |
| 2016 | Honya Taisho (Booksellers Award) | The Forest of Wool and Steel | — | Honya Taisho Executive Committee | 受賞 |
| 2016 | Naoki Prize | The Forest of Wool and Steel | — | Naoki Prize Selection Committee | 候補 |
Bungakukai Newcomer Prize
2004
Work:
Quiet Rain
Organization:
Bungakukai (Magazine)
Result:
佳作
Tsubota Jōji Literary Award
2010
Work:
Song of Joy
Organization:
Tsubota Jōji Literary Award Committee
Result:
候補
Honya Taisho (Booksellers Award)
2012
Work:
Someone Is Missing
Organization:
Honya Taisho Executive Committee
Result:
第7位
Honya Taisho (Booksellers Award)
2016
Work:
The Forest of Wool and Steel
Organization:
Honya Taisho Executive Committee
Result:
受賞
Naoki Prize
2016
Work:
The Forest of Wool and Steel
Organization:
Naoki Prize Selection Committee
Result:
候補
Awards & Nominations
Japan Booksellers' Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2016) award
Works
Major Works
Quiet Rain
2004 Short story / FictionHer debut piece that received an honorable mention in the 98th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize. Written while pregnant, it sensitively portrays quiet daily life and family scenes.
familyeveryday lifepregnancy and childbirthquietness
The Forest of Wool and Steel
2015 Novel (Contemporary fiction)A novel that explores growth and sensitivity through the sounds of the piano and the work of a piano tuner. Winner of the 2016 Honya Taisho and widely regarded as her signature work.
music (piano / tuning)coming of agenaturecraftsmanshipsensory depiction
Someone Is Missing
2011 NovelA work that addresses relationships, loss, and recovery; it placed 7th in the Honya Taisho. Contains ensemble-style narrative elements.
lossrenewalfamilyrelationships
Song of Joy
2009 NovelA warm human drama that was shortlisted for the Tsubota Jōji Literary Award.
growthfamilyeveryday joy
Sun Pasta, Bean Soup
2010 NovelA warm work that uses food and cooking to描 (depict) interpersonal relationships and subtle emotional shifts; contains short stories/linked pieces.
foodfamilyeveryday life
Bud
2017 NovelA collection that includes short stories and essay-like pieces, carefully portraying small everyday events and shifts in people's hearts.
everyday lifehuman relationshipssensibility
Bibliography
- Skole No.4
- Listen Closely to the Distant Voice
- Song of Joy
- Sun Pasta, Bean Soup
- The Model's Wife at the Country Men's Clothing Store
- Melody Fair
- Someone Is Missing
- Gershwin Beyond the Window
- Tsumuji Double (co-authored)
- The Unending Song
- I Should Have Told That Story from the Start (Essays)
- Two Marks
- That's All
- The Garden Where the Gods Play (Essays)
- The Forest of Wool and Steel
- Quiet Rain
- Bud
- Lying Down in the Green Garden (Essays)
- For Now, Let's Make the Sea Turtle Soup (Essays)
- Wan Sabuko's Lazy Adventure (Essays)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- quiet, delicate prosecareful sensory descriptionwarm portrayals of everyday life
- Recurring Motifs
- music (especially piano / tuning)food / cookingfamilynaturegrowth and renewal
Legacy
Known for quietly depicting the subtleties of family life and everyday moments, she has a broad readership. Winning the Honya Taisho for 'The Forest of Wool and Steel' raised her profile, and she is regarded as a notable contemporary Japanese author.
In Popular Culture
- 'The Forest of Wool and Steel' - signature work made widely known through a film adaptation
Trivia
- Her debut 'Quiet Rain' was awarded an honorable mention in the 98th Bungakukai Newcomer Prize.
- 'The Forest of Wool and Steel' won the 13th Honya Taisho.
- She has said her favorite childhood book was Satoru Satō's 'The Little Country No One Knew'.
- In 2013 she and her family of five experienced a one-year mountain-village study in Shintoku, Hokkaido.
- She wrote 'Quiet Rain' while pregnant with her third child in 2004.