Bungei Award
1 appearances
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Edition 37 (2000) excellent work
Tomoka Sato
さとう ともか
Sato Tomoka
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1983 （Nagoya, Aichi, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Poet
- Active Years
- 1999-
- Influenced By
- Fusayoshi Sato
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aichi Prefectural Tempaku High School | — | — | — | 1999-2002 | Japan |
| Keio University | Faculty of Environment and Information Studies | — | 学士 | 2002-2006 | Japan |
Aichi Prefectural Tempaku High School
Period:
1999-2002
Year of Graduation:
2002
Country:
Japan
While enrolled (1999) received an excellence prize in the Nakano Shigeharu Memorial National High School Poetry Competition.
Keio University
Faculty of Environment and Information Studies
Degree:
学士
Period:
2002-2006
Year of Graduation:
2006
Country:
Japan
Entered 2002, graduated 2006.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Nakano Shigeharu Memorial Literary Encouragement Award (8th National High School Poetry Competition) - Excellence Prize | The Everydayness of Death | — | Nakano Shigeharu Memorial Literary Encouragement Award Committee | 優秀作 |
| 2000 | Bungei Prize (37th) - Excellence Award | Flesh Contact | — | Kawade Shobo Shinsha (Bungei magazine) | 優秀賞 |
| 2003 | Mishima Yukio Prize (16th) - Nominee | A Heart So Close It Might Break | — | Mishima Yukio Prize Committee | 候補 |
Nakano Shigeharu Memorial Literary Encouragement Award (8th National High School Poetry Competition) - Excellence Prize
1999
Work:
The Everydayness of Death
Organization:
Nakano Shigeharu Memorial Literary Encouragement Award Committee
Result:
優秀作
Bungei Prize (37th) - Excellence Award
2000
Work:
Flesh Contact
Organization:
Kawade Shobo Shinsha (Bungei magazine)
Result:
優秀賞
Mishima Yukio Prize (16th) - Nominee
2003
Work:
A Heart So Close It Might Break
Organization:
Mishima Yukio Prize Committee
Result:
候補
Awards & Nominations
Mishima Yukio Award
1 appearances
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Edition 16 (2003) nominee
Works
Major Works
Flesh Contact
2001 Short story collectionA collection of short stories focused on the body and intimacy. It sensitively depicts ruptures in everyday life and the emotional world of young people.
physicalityintimacydisruption of everyday lifedeath
A Heart So Close It Might Break
2003 NovelA novel that explores close relationships and internal anxieties. Includes a piece originally published as 'ZWAPPEN' under a different title.
lonelinessthe bodydamageintimacy
Bibliography
- Flesh Contact
- A Heart So Close It Might Break
- ZWAPPEN
- Grandchild's Arrival
- The Sound of Aquatic Life
- Pleasure of the Hole
- The Neighbor's Life
- Running Through the Mist
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical, introspective prose with distinctive depictions of the body
- Recurring Motifs
- the bodymemorybreakdown of everyday lifeintimacy
Legacy
A writer who emerged in the early 2000s. Known for probing depictions of the body and the thin skin of everyday life, she has continued to publish in literary magazines such as Bungei.
Archives
- National Diet Library (Japan)
- Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
- CiNii Books / CiNii Research
Trivia
- Her father is Fusayoshi Sato, a scholar of Japanese literature known for research on Hagiwara Sakutarō.
- Born in 1983 in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
- While in high school (1999) she received an excellence prize for 'The Everydayness of Death' in the Nakano Shigeharu Memorial National High School Poetry Competition.
- In 2000 she received the Excellence Award of the 37th Bungei Prize for 'Flesh Contact'.
- 'A Heart So Close It Might Break' was a nominee for the 16th Mishima Yukio Prize in 2003.
- Attended Keio University Faculty of Environment and Information Studies (entered 2002; graduated 2006).