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第20回（1970年） award
Masato Otaka
おおたか まさと
Otaka Masato
ペンネーム:
Seiun（Used for early essays and doujinshi）
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1979-05-23 （Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan → Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Short story writer, Essayist
- 活動期間
- 2002年〜
- 所属
- Contemporary Literature Study Group
- 影響を受けた人物
- Modern Japanese literature, European and American modernism
- 影響を与えた人物
- Younger contemporary writers
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | School of Letters, Arts and Sciences | Department of Japanese Literature | Bachelor of Arts | 1997-2001 | Japan |
Waseda University
School of Letters, Arts and Sciences
/ Department of Japanese Literature
学位:
Bachelor of Arts
期間:
1997-2001
卒業年:
2001
国:
Japan
Began publishing in doujinshi while enrolled
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Shinsei Literary Prize | The Summer Mirror | 長編小説部門 | Shinsei Literary Foundation | Winner |
| 2004 | New Writers' Award | Quiet Town | — | Regional Literary Promotion Association | Winner |
Shinsei Literary Prize
2015
対象作品:
The Summer Mirror
部門:
長編小説部門
主催:
Shinsei Literary Foundation
結果:
Winner
New Writers' Award
2004
対象作品:
Quiet Town
主催:
Regional Literary Promotion Association
結果:
Winner
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
The Summer Mirror
2014年 Novel 320ページA novel that frames the memories and fragments of a family living in an urban corner as a mirror. Through the intersecting past and present and detailed everyday life, it weaves a story of loss and renewal.
memoryfamilytime
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] The Summer Mirror / 鈴木大輔 (2017)
翻訳
- English translation: The Summer Mirror (2016)
Night on Asagao Street
2010年 Short story collection 240ページA collection of short stories that pieces together fragments of urban nights and the people who encounter them. It portrays overlapping moments of time highlighted by small incidents.
solitudechance encountersthe city
翻訳
- Spanish translation: Night on Asagao Street (2019)
Quiet Town
2004年 Novel 160ページDebut novel. With restrained prose, it描く the subtle unease of everyday life in a small suburban town and the recurring scents of memory within it.
everyday lifesuburbiafragments of memory
全著作
- Quiet Town (2004)
- Night on Asagao Street (2010)
- The Summer Mirror (2014)
- Dawn Short Stories (2018)
- Winter Garden (2020)
翻案
- The Summer Mirror — film (2017)
作品の翻訳
- The Summer Mirror — English translation (2016)
- Night on Asagao Street — Spanish translation (2019)
作風・主題
- 文体
- Lyrical and detailed psychological descriptionA style that emphasizes details of contemporary urban life
- 頻出モチーフ
- memoryfamilial tensionurban landscapesseasonal change
評価・遺産
A writer praised for delicate psychological depictions and detailed portrayals of everyday urban life, centered on themes of city and memory. He has been noted to influence younger authors and is seen as contributing to contemporary Japanese depictions of urbanity.
関連学会
- Contemporary Literature Study Group
引用
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The past does not vanish; it layers itself into the landscape.
出典: Afterword of The Summer Mirror (2014年) -
Writing is an act of arranging memories.
出典: Magazine interview (2015年)
豆知識
- Often drinks coffee while writing
- Many fictional settings are based on real towns
- Was active in doujinshi before debut