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Natsuki Koyata

こやた なつき

Koyata Natsuki

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1981-10-05 （Abiko, Chiba, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist
活動期間
2013年〜
ノミネート
Nominated for the 30th Mishima Yukio Prize (2017) — 'Release', Nominated for the 159th Akutagawa Prize (2018) — 'Kazeshita no Shu', Nominated for the 40th Noma Literary New Face Award (2018) — 'Mugen no Gen / Kazeshita no Shu'

学歴

NHK Gakuen High School
国: Japan
Nishogakusha University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
学位: 学士
国: Japan

受賞歴

Japan Fantasy Novel Award
2013
対象作品: The Christmas of the Star People
主催: Japan Fantasy Novel Award
結果: 受賞
Oda Sakunosuke Prize
2017
対象作品: Release
主催: Oda Sakunosuke Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Sense of Gender Award
2017
対象作品: What One Wishes For
部門: 大賞
主催: Gender SF Research Group
結果: 受賞
Mishima Yukio Prize
2018
対象作品: Mugen no Gen
主催: Shinchosha
結果: 受賞
Noma Literary New Face Award
2019
対象作品: Drunken Revelry at the Shrine
主催: Kodansha
結果: 受賞
Watanabe Jun'ichi Literary Award
2023
対象作品: Fielder
主催: Watanabe Jun'ichi Literary Award Committee
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

The Christmas of the Star People

2013年 Short fiction / Fantasy

Debut work composed of fantasy-tinged stories that sensitively depict communities, rituals, and memory.

fantasymemoryritualcommunity

Six Little Pieces for Jun

2014年 Short story collection

A collection of short stories that carefully explores interpersonal relationships and subtle emotions.

relationshipseveryday lifeemotionloss

Release

2016年 Novel

A novel questioning identity and human relationships, standing at the intersection of the ordinary and the uncanny and depicting psychological nuances.

identityrelationshipsalienation

What One Wishes For

2017年 Novel / Short fiction

A work revolving around desire and gender; it won the Sense of Gender Award and strongly foregrounds thematic concerns.

desiregendersubjectivity

Mugen no Gen / Kazeshita no Shu

2018年 Novel / Linked stories

A volume containing 'Mugen no Gen' and 'Kazeshita no Shu' that moves between fantasy and reality, focusing on memory and ritual. 'Mugen no Gen' won the Mishima Yukio Prize, while 'Kazeshita no Shu' was nominated for the Akutagawa Prize.

boundariesritualmemoryfantasy

Drunken Revelry at the Shrine

2019年 Novel

A novel set against shrine rituals and festivals that portrays human relationships; it received the Noma Literary New Face Award in 2019.

festivalscommunityinebriationritual

Fielder

2022年 Novel

A novel that uses a metaphorical field as its stage to depict human desire, memory, and movement; it was awarded the Watanabe Jun'ichi Literary Award in 2023.

mobilitydesirememory

全著作

  • The Christmas of the Star People
  • Six Little Pieces for Jun
  • Release
  • What One Wishes For
  • Mugen no Gen / Kazeshita no Shu
  • Drunken Revelry at the Shrine
  • Fielder
  • Torime no Otouto (uncollected)
  • Large Droplets of Dyna (uncollected)
  • Toko (uncollected)
  • I'd Like to Help Dou If Possible (uncollected)
  • Utako and Shishio (uncollected)

作風・主題

文体
a style that blends fantasy and realitypoetic and lyrical prosequiet, delicate psychological depiction
頻出モチーフ
memoryrituals and ceremoniescommunity and alienationdreams and boundaries

評価・遺産

Since debuting in 2013, Natsuki Koyata has drawn attention for a style that combines fantasy elements with delicate psychological depiction, winning multiple major literary awards. She is regarded as an important contemporary Japanese writer among the younger generation.

豆知識

  • Debuted in 2013 after winning the Japan Fantasy Novel Award.
  • 'Mugen no Gen' won the Mishima Yukio Prize; she has also been a nominee and winner of other major prizes such as the Akutagawa nomination and the Noma New Face Award.
  • In 2023 she won the Watanabe Jun'ichi Literary Award for 'Fielder'.