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Fuminori Nakamura

なかむら ふみのり

Nakamura Fuminori

ペンネーム: Fuminori Nakamura（Used as a pen name）

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1977-09-02 （Tokai, Aichi, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist, Writer
活動期間
2002年〜
影響を受けた人物
Fyodor Dostoevsky, Albert Camus, Franz Kafka

学歴

Fukushima University
Faculty of Administrative and Social Sciences / Department of Applied Sociology
学位: 学士
国: Japan
Aichi Prefectural Tokai Minami High School
国: Japan

受賞歴

Shincho New Writers' Award
2002
対象作品: Gun
主催: Shinchosha
結果: Winner
Noma Literary New Face Prize
2004
対象作品: Shading
主催: Noma Cultural Foundation
結果: Winner
Akutagawa Prize
2005
対象作品: Child in the Soil
主催: Bungeishunjū
結果: Winner
Oe Kenzaburo Prize
2010
対象作品: The Thief
主催: Oe Kenzaburo Prize Committee
結果: Winner
David Goodis Award
2014
結果: Winner
Bunkamura-Doumago Literary Prize
2016
対象作品: My Disappearance
主催: Bunkamura
結果: Winner
Chunichi Culture Award
2020
主催: Chunichi Shimbun
結果: Winner
Noma Literary Prize
2024
対象作品: The Line
主催: Noma Cultural Foundation
結果: Winner

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Gun

2003年 Novel / Short stories

Debut work. A collection of short and mid-length stories that focus on loneliness, violence and moral impulses, depicting the darker aspects of human nature through youth and crime.

lonelinessviolencemoralitycrime
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Gun / 武正晴 (2018)
  • [Film] Gun 2020 (2020)
翻訳
  • Gun (English translation)

Shading

2004年 Short story collection

A collection of short stories that layers visual imagery with psychological depiction to explore the boundary between the ordinary and the uncanny. Includes the Noma New Face Prize-winning work.

visual motifsborder between ordinary and uncannypsychology
翻訳
  • Shading (English translation)

Child in the Soil

2005年 Short stories / Fiction

Includes the Akutagawa Prize-winning story; a collection centered on crime, family estrangement and confrontations with guilt and atonement.

guiltatonementfamilyisolation
翻訳
  • Child in the Soil (English translation)

The Thief

2009年 Novel

A novel centered on a professional pickpocket, portraying the inner life, loneliness and shifting ethics of a career criminal. The English translation received international recognition.

professional crimelonelinessmoral ambiguity
映像化・舞台化
  • [Stage] The Thief (stage) (2012)
翻訳
  • The Thief (English translation)

Notes of Malice

2005年 Novel / Short stories

A collection of psychologically probing pieces that deal with malice, deception and inner self-examination.

deceptionmalicepsychology

Evil and the Mask

2010年 Novel

A novel exploring human duality and masks. The English translation was included in international mystery rankings and received acclaim.

dualitymasksmorality
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Evil and the Mask (2018)
翻訳
  • Evil and the Mask (English translation)

Cult X

2014年 Novel

A multi-perspective novel about cults and faith, depicting relationships between individuals and organizations and the intersection of belief and violence.

cultfaithorganization vs individual
翻訳
  • Cult X (English translation)

Last Winter, We Parted

2013年 Mystery / Crime novel

A mystery novel revolving around an incident involving a photographer, narrated from a journalist's viewpoint. Adapted into a film in 2018.

incidentreportingtruth-seeking
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Last Winter, We Parted (2018)
翻訳
  • Last Winter, We Parted (English translation)

The Line

2023年 Novel

A recent novel (2023) dealing with social order, an individual's place within groups and societal divisions. (Winner of the Noma Literary Prize.)

societygroupsdivision
翻訳
  • The Line (English translation)

全著作

  • Gun
  • Shading
  • Child in the Soil
  • Notes of Malice
  • Last Life
  • On a Night When Everything Feels Depressing
  • The End of the World
  • The Thief
  • Evil and the Mask
  • Kingdom
  • Maze
  • Forest of Bewilderment: 50 Stories
  • Last Winter, We Parted
  • A
  • Cult X
  • The Night You Vanished
  • My Disappearance
  • Empire R
  • Disappearing Down the Road Ahead
  • Free Thought
  • The Fugitive
  • The Card Master
  • Free Conversations
  • The Line

翻案

  • Last Life (film, 2014)
  • Hee / Fire (short story from Gun; film, 2016)
  • Last Winter, We Parted (film, 2018)
  • Evil and the Mask (film, 2018)
  • Gun (film, 2018) / Gun 2020 (film, 2020)
  • The Thief (stage, 2012)

作品の翻訳

  • The Thief (English)
  • Evil and the Mask (English)
  • Last Winter, We Parted (English)
  • Gun (English)

作風・主題

文体
noirdark, brooding prosepsychological writing incorporating mystery elementsexistential and ethical questioning
頻出モチーフ
lonelinessguilt and atonementviolencemasks and dualityself-destruction

評価・遺産

Fuminori Nakamura is recognized domestically and internationally as a leading writer of contemporary noir fiction in Japan. In addition to winning major domestic awards such as the Akutagawa and Oe Kenzaburo Prizes, his translated works have been praised abroad, and numerous film and stage adaptations have extended his influence into popular culture.

大衆文化への影響

  • Multiple film and stage adaptations of his works (e.g. Last Life; Last Winter, We Parted; Evil and the Mask; Gun)

引用

  • I decided to stop making others suffer by being dark.
    出典: ORICON NEWS (interview / report) (2016年)

豆知識

  • Nakamura has stated that "Fuminori Nakamura" is a pen name.
  • He serves as a hometown ambassador for Tokai City, Aichi Prefecture.
  • He read few books in childhood and discovered novels during a lonely period in high school.
  • He was classmates with manga artist Banko Kuse from elementary through high school.
  • English translations of his major works have received attention and praise internationally.