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Ogura Kinosuke

おぐら きんのすけ

Ogura Kinosuke

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1980-07-14 （Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2005-
Influenced By
Haruki Murakami

Education

Waseda University
Faculty of Letters / Japanese Literature
Degree: 文学士
Period: 1998-2002
Year of Graduation: 2002
Country: Japan

Awards

Akutagawa Prize
2018
Work: Memories of Summer
Organization: Japan Literary Promotion Society
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Memories of Summer

2017 Short Story 120 pages

A story of a young person confronting past memories at the end of summer.

summermemoryrenewal
Adaptations
  • [Film] Memories of Summer / 佐藤太郎 (2019)
Translations
  • English translation 'Memories of Summer'

Night Traveler

2019 Novel 280 pages

The record of a small miracle the protagonist discovers while traveling at night.

solitudejourneymiracle
Adaptations
  • [TV Drama] Night Traveler / 山田花子 (2020)
Translations
  • English translation 'Night Traveler'

The Street Painter

2021 Novella 150 pages

Depicts fleeting encounters between a young street painter and passersby.

artencountereveryday
Translations
  • English translation 'The Street Painter'

Bibliography

  • Memories of Summer
  • Night Traveler
  • The Street Painter

Adaptations

  • Film 'Memories of Summer'
  • TV Drama 'Night Traveler'

Translations of Works

  • English translation 'Memories of Summer'
  • French translation 'Souvenirs d'été'

Style & Themes

Literary Style
IntrospectivePoetic
Recurring Motifs
summermemorysolitude

Health

  • Depression
    2015-2016
    Affected writing activities, took a hiatus

Legacy

Regarded as a representative author of contemporary Japanese literature

Academic Societies

  • Society for Japanese Literature

Archives

  • Waseda University Library

In Popular Culture

  • Dramatized works became topics of conversation

Quotes

  • Writing is the mirror of the soul.
    Source: Interview (2020) (2020)
  • Memories of summer never fade.
    Source: Novel 'Memories of Summer' (2017)

Trivia

  • Was part of a theater club during university
  • Has an extraordinary love for coffee