Dakotsu Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 21 (1987) award
Sumio Mori
もり すみお
Mori Sumio
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1980-04-15 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2005-
- Memberships
- Japan Writers Association
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Tokyo | Faculty of Letters | Department of Literature | 文学士 | 2000-2003 | Japan |
University of Tokyo
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Literature
Degree:
文学士
Period:
2000-2003
Year of Graduation:
2003
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Akutagawa Prize | End of Summer | — | Japan Literature Promotion Society | 受賞 |
Akutagawa Prize
2025
Work:
End of Summer
Organization:
Japan Literature Promotion Society
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Japan Art Academy Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 53 (1997) imperial prize
Works
Major Works
End of Summer
2025 Fiction 320 pagesA summer story in a rural town.
Coming of ageReminiscence
Adaptations
- [Film] End of Summer / 田中太郎 (2027)
Bibliography
- End of Summer
- Beyond the Distant Sea
Adaptations
- End of Summer Film (2027)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyricalpoetic
- Recurring Motifs
- summernature
Legacy
Recognized as a representative novelist of the contemporary era.
Academic Societies
- Japan Society for Contemporary Literature
Quotes
-
Life is as fleeting as summer.
Source: End of Summer (2025)
Trivia
- He was on the basketball team during school days.