Bungakukai Newcomer Award
1 appearances
Ryusuke Nakamura
なかむら りゅうすけ
Nakamura Ryusuke
Pen Names:
（real name）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1951-05-22 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Tokyo, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Copywriter, Journalist, Cram school instructor, Company employee
- Active Years
- 1989-
- Nominations
- Nominated for the Akutagawa Prize (1990) — work: '流離譚', Nominated for the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award (1993) — work: '天下を呑んだ男'
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Law | — | — | — | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Law
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Bungei Newcomer Prize | — | — | Bungei (magazine) | Winner |
| 1990 | Akutagawa Prize | — | — | Akutagawa Prize Committee | Nominated |
| 1993 | Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award | — | — | Yoshikawa Eiji Prize Committee | Nominated |
Bungei Newcomer Prize
1989
Organization:
Bungei (magazine)
Result:
Winner
Akutagawa Prize
1990
Organization:
Akutagawa Prize Committee
Result:
Nominated
Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award
1993
Organization:
Yoshikawa Eiji Prize Committee
Result:
Nominated
Awards & Nominations
Yamamoto Shugoro Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 5 (1992) nominee
Works
Major Works
Bibliography
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Narrative style grounded in historical settingsEmphasis on character depictionCareful, research-informed period description
- Recurring Motifs
- Historical figuresWarriors and battlesFate and causality
Legacy
Winner of the Bungei Newcomer Prize (1989), Nakamura published historical novels and short stories primarily in the 1990s and is known for being an Akutagawa Prize nominee.
Archives
- National Diet Library (author authority)
Trivia
- Graduated from Waseda University, Faculty of Law.
- Worked at Nikka Whisky early in his career.
- Real name is Nakamura Takashi (中村隆).
- Won the Bungei Newcomer Prize (1989) for '流離譚'.
- Nominated for the Akutagawa Prize (1990) for '流離譚'.
- Nominated for the Yoshikawa Eiji Literary Newcomer Award (1993) for '天下を呑んだ男'.