Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 31 (1981) award
Yasuo Nakamura
なかむら やすお
Nakamura Yasuo
Pen Names:
Yasuo Yanagimoto（Pen name used for early poetry）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet, Translator
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Japan Literature Prize | The Garden of Shadows | — | Japan Literature Promotion Association | 受賞 |
Japan Literature Prize
1998
Work:
The Garden of Shadows
Organization:
Japan Literature Promotion Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Garden of Shadows
1997 Novel 320 pagesA novel tracing family memories and lost time. An old provincial house and its secrets emerge through narratives spanning generations.
memoryfamilytime
Adaptations
- [Film] The Garden of Shadows / 佐藤健一 (2002)
Bibliography
- The Garden of Shadows (1997)
- Map of Winter (2001)
Adaptations
- The Garden of Shadows (film adaptation, 2002)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Quiet, lyrical descriptionsReflective, reminiscence-driven narration
- Recurring Motifs
- shadowshousesold photographs
Legacy
Known for works focusing on provincial memory, he is regarded as a writer who portrays intergenerational relationships and the transmission of memory.