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Arie Nashiya

なしや アリエ

Nashiya Arie

Aliases: ありりん
Pen Names: Aririn（Self-styled nickname）

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1971-01-17 （Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese
Residence History
Born in Oyama, Tochigi Prefecture → Resident of Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Children's literature author, Part-time lecturer, Reading workshop facilitator
Active Years
1998-
Affiliations
Hosei University (part-time lecturer), Kyoritsu Women's Junior College (visiting professor / part-time lecturer), Japan YA Authors Club (founder)
Memberships
Japan YA Authors Club

Education

Tochigi Prefectural Tochigi Girls' High School
Country: Japan

Awards

Kodansha Newcomer Award for Children's Literature
1998
Work: Deribari Age
Organization: Kodansha
Result: Winner
Newcomer Award of Children's Literature (Jidō Bungei Newcomer Award)
2003
Work: Pianississimo
Organization: Children's Literature (Jidō Bungei)
Result: Winner
JBBY Award
2019
Work: I Become Aware of Your Existence
Organization: Japan Board on Books for Young People (JBBY)
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Deribari Age

1999 Young adult

A novel depicting the daily life and emotional fluctuations of young people. Award-winning debut.

Coming of ageIdentity

Pianississimo

2003 Young adult

A youth novel centered on music and friendship. Recipient of a newcomer's award in children's literature.

FriendshipMusicSelf-discovery

Planetarium

2004 Short story collection / Young adult

A collection of short stories dealing with youth, loss, and renewal.

YouthLossRenewal

Snow Tears

2009 Young adult

A collection including mid-length and short pieces that carefully portray emotional subtleties.

Emotional growthRelationships

I Become Aware of Your Existence

2019 Young adult

A novel themed on relationships and awareness of another's existence. JBBY Award-winning work.

Interpersonal relationshipsAwareness of existence

Bibliography

  • Deribari Age (1999)
  • Pianississimo (2003)
  • Sky-Colored Map (2005)
  • Two Steps! (2006)
  • Three Stars (2007)
  • Hapi☆Suta Editorial Department series (2008–2010)
  • Ladder of Clouds (2010)
  • Kokoro-ya (2011)
  • Laughing Yellow Oni (2013)
  • Christmas Cooking: The Mysterious Cookie Girl (2013)
  • Planetarium (short stories) (2004)
  • After the Planetarium (short stories) (2005)
  • Summer Stairs (short stories) (2008)
  • Snow Tears (2009)
  • Soap Bubble Alliance (2009)
  • I Dreamed of Swimming in the Sky (2012)
  • Kimi Suki: Short Stories by High School Students (2012)

Translations of Works

  • Short story 'FreecyLove' included in English translation in the anthology 'Tomo: Friendship Through Fiction'

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Delicate prose that empathizes with young people's psychologyA style that carefully depicts subtleties of everyday life
Recurring Motifs
Coming of ageFriendshipSelf-awarenessMusic

Legacy

As a YA author, she depicts young people's delicate emotions and has contributed to the promotion of YA reading culture through reading groups and workshops in addition to her writing.

Academic Societies

  • Japan YA Authors Club

In Popular Culture

  • Wrote the school song for Setagaya Funabashi Kibou Junior High School

Trivia

  • Commonly (self-styled) known as 'Aririn'.
  • Wrote the school song for Setagaya Funabashi Kibou Junior High School.
  • Featured in Poplar's 'Workplace Experience Complete Guide (9): Novelist, Manga Artist, Pianist'.