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Yoshito Sasaki

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Sasaki Yoshito

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1966-01-01 (Tokushima Prefecture, Japan)
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese
居住地歴
Tokushima Prefecture, Japan → Tokyo, Japan

経歴

職業
Novelist, Japanese literature scholar, University professor
活動期間
1991年〜
所属
Keimei Shobo (publisher), Nishogakusha University, Shikoku University, Tokushima Literary Association
所属団体
Tokushima Literary Association, Mita Bungaku (contributor/association)
影響を受けた人物
Osamu Dazai, Yoshimoto Banana

学歴

Tokushima Prefectural Jōnouchi High School
卒業年: 1985
国: Japan
Nishogakusha University
Faculty of Letters / Department of Japanese Literature
学位: 文学士
卒業年: 1991
国: Japan
Worked at Keimei Shobo (publisher) after graduation
Nishogakusha University, Graduate School of Literature, Japanese Literature Program
Graduate School of Literature / Japanese Literature Program
学位: 修士(国文学)
卒業年: 2004
国: Japan
Completed master's program in 2004
Nishogakusha University, Graduate School of Literature, Doctoral Program in Japanese Literature
Graduate School of Literature / Japanese Literature Program
学位: 博士(文学)
卒業年: 2011
国: Japan
Earned PhD (Literature) in 2011

受賞歴

Mita Bungaku Newcomer Award
2007
対象作品: Blue Sky Crisis
主催: Mita Bungaku
結果: 受賞
Tokushima Arts and Culture Encouragement Award (6th)
2014
主催: Tokushima Prefectural Cultural Promotion Foundation
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Hometown

2018年 Fiction (short story collection) 240ページ

A collection of short stories set chiefly in Tokushima, exploring nostalgia, memory, and family relationships. The book is composed in lyrical prose with detailed depictions of regional life. Included pieces are "Blue Sky Crisis", "Peach", "A Wooden Horse Living in the Sky", "Knife", "The King and the Poem", and "Bell Sound".

nostalgiaregional societymemoryfamily

全著作

  • Hometown (Aki Shobo, 2018)
  • Sukima (Tokushima Bungaku, Vol.1, 2018)
  • Blue Sky Crisis (Mita Bungaku, 2007 Spring issue)
  • Peach (Mita Bungaku, 2007 Summer issue)
  • A Wooden Horse Living in the Sky (Gekkan Kokugo Kyoiku, Apr–Aug 2010 issues)
  • Knife (Bungei Shicho, 2010 Autumn issue)
  • The King and the Poem (Shikodai VS Pro Writers, 2016)
  • Bell Sound (Mita Bungaku, 2017 Autumn issue)

作風・主題

文体
lyrical narrationrealistic emphasis on regional depictioninsertion of a critic-scholar's perspective
頻出モチーフ
hometownmemoryfamily bondslandscape and everyday life in regional settings

評価・遺産

Recognized as a writer and scholar who contributed to the revitalization of regional literature in Tokushima. He supported local literary activity by founding the Tokushima Literary Association, launching the magazine 'Tokushima Bungaku', and helping establish the Awa Shirasagi Literary Prize. Academically, he has published research on Osamu Dazai and contemporary authors.

関連学会

  • Tokushima Literary Association

資料所蔵先

  • Held/recorded in the National Diet Library (Japan)
  • Listed in VIAF authority file

豆知識

  • In 2007 he won the 14th Mita Bungaku Newcomer Award for "Blue Sky Crisis."
  • In 2014 he received the 6th Tokushima Arts and Culture Encouragement Award.
  • He founded the Tokushima Literary Association in 2017 and launched the literary magazine 'Tokushima Bungaku' in 2018.
  • In 2018 he helped establish the Awa Shirasagi Literary Prize with Tokushima Shimbun.
  • He works as a university faculty member at Shikoku University and has served as a judge for several literary prizes.