Mephisto Award
1 appearances
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Edition 34 (2006) award
Hayato Okazaki
おかざき はやと
Okazaki Hayato
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1985-12-22 （Okayama Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, copywriter, editor
- Active Years
- 2006-
- Influenced By
- Mark Z. Danielewski
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Mephisto Prize | The Girl Dances; The Dark Belly Dances | — | Mephisto (Kodansha) | Winner |
Mephisto Prize
2006
Work:
The Girl Dances; The Dark Belly Dances
Organization:
Mephisto (Kodansha)
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Girl Dances; The Dark Belly Dances
2006 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 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
Bibliography
- 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)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- youth-noir tonedark humorfragmentary/experimental influences
- Recurring Motifs
- darkness of youthviolence and lonelinessconflict between vocation and ethics
Legacy
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.
Quotes
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An evolutionary form of youth noir that probes the dark sides of children.
Source: Book band (publisher's blurb) (2006)
Trivia
- 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- Announced an unpublished tentative title 'welcome to my……' in an essay (2007).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.