Mephisto Award
1回登壇
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第34回（2006年） award
Hayato Okazaki
おかざき はやと
Okazaki Hayato
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1985-12-22 （Okayama Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, copywriter, editor
- 活動期間
- 2006年〜
- 影響を受けた人物
- Mark Z. Danielewski
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mephisto Prize | The Girl Dances; The Dark Belly Dances | — | Mephisto (Kodansha) | Winner |
Mephisto Prize
2006
対象作品:
The Girl Dances; The Dark Belly Dances
主催:
Mephisto (Kodansha)
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Girl Dances; The Dark Belly Dances
2006年 youth noirDescribed on its band as "an evolutionary form of youth noir that probes the dark sides of children." Debut novel and winner of the 34th Mephisto Prize. Reportedly written in about two months, with Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves cited as an inspirational reference.
youthdark sidenoir
That's Why Assassins Can't Write Novels.
2024年 mystery/crime fictionPublished by Kodansha on March 14, 2024. As the title suggests, the novel thematically examines the incompatibility between being an assassin and engaging in creative fiction writing.
crimework vs. fictionethics
全著作
- The Girl Dances; The Dark Belly Dances (2006-06-07, Kodansha Novels)
- That's Why Assassins Can't Write Novels. (2024-03-14, Kodansha)
- I Said 'Throw It Away' But... (contains "Pulse, Blinking, Cerebral Contusion") (2025-01-16, Kodansha)
作風・主題
- 文体
- youth-noir tonedark humorfragmentary/experimental influences
- 頻出モチーフ
- darkness of youthviolence and lonelinessconflict between vocation and ethics
評価・遺産
Debuted as the winner of the 34th Mephisto Prize. Known for portraying the darker aspects of youth and for experimental influences from overseas authors. Continues to be active with publications from Kodansha.
引用
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An evolutionary form of youth noir that probes the dark sides of children.
出典: Book band (publisher's blurb) (2006年)
豆知識
- Debuted by winning the 34th Mephisto Prize for The Girl Dances; The Dark Belly Dances.
- The debut novel is said to have been written in about two months using Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves as a reference/desk.
- Announced an unpublished tentative title 'welcome to my……' in an essay (2007).
- X (formerly Twitter) account: @okazaki_hayato_.
- Authority identifiers cited: ISNI 0000000375820372, VIAF 252761257.