Art Encouragement Newcomer Award of the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 33 (1983) award
Tetsuro Nakamura
なかむら てつろう
Nakamura Tetsurō
Pen Names:
Tetsurō（Short byline used for short stories and columns）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1978-06-15 （Fukuoka, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Fukuoka (birth to university) → Tokyo (period of creative activity)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Translator
- Active Years
- 2002-
- Affiliations
- Member of the Japan Writers' Association
- Memberships
- Japan PEN Club
- Influenced By
- Haruki Murakami, Yasunari Kawabata
- Influenced
- Emerging writer Haruka Sato
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kyushu University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | 学士 | 1996-2000 | Japan |
Kyushu University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Degree:
学士
Period:
1996-2000
Year of Graduation:
2000
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | Japanese Literature Prize | Memory of the Sea | — | Japan Literature Promotion Association | 受賞 |
| 2005 | New Writers' Fiction Award | City of Sand | — | New Literature Foundation | 受賞 |
Japanese Literature Prize
2018
Work:
Memory of the Sea
Organization:
Japan Literature Promotion Association
Result:
受賞
New Writers' Fiction Award
2005
Work:
City of Sand
Organization:
New Literature Foundation
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 72 (2020) award
Works
Major Works
Memory of the Sea
2017 Novel 320 pagesSet in a provincial port town, the novel follows a family's story of loss and recovery. It carefully depicts the protagonist's inner confrontation with a past that vanished into the sea.
LossMemoryFamily
Adaptations
- [Film] Memory of the Sea / 佐々木裕 (2021)
Translations
- Memory of the Sea
City of Sand
2005 Short story cycle 180 pagesA collection of short stories themed around fragments of a city buried in sand. It symbolically portrays the overlap of city and memory.
Urban lifeMemoryAlienation
Bibliography
- City of Sand (2005)
- Letters of the Wind (2010)
- Memory of the Sea (2017)
- Fragments of Dawn (2020)
Adaptations
- Film 'Memory of the Sea' (2021)
Translations of Works
- Memory of the Sea (English translation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical, descriptive proseA calm, introspective tone
- Recurring Motifs
- SeaFragments of memoryDomestic scenes
Health
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Depression2012-2013A temporary slowdown in creative output was observed, but after recovery his style shifted to a more introspective tone.
Legacy
Recognized for delicately depicting rural landscapes and inner life; his award-winning 2018 novel 'Memory of the Sea' was adapted into a film. He is regarded as an influence on a younger generation of writers.
Academic Societies
- The Japan Literary Society
In Popular Culture
- Appearances on radio and talk shows
Quotes
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The past ripples quietly like the sea. We merely seek names between those waves.
Source: Interview (2017) (2017)
Trivia
- Enjoys fishing and often writes by the seaside.
- Has a habit of drafting manuscripts by hand first.