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Hiroshi Sato

さとう ひろし

Sato Hiroshi

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1980-11-23 (Tokyo, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist
Active Years
2004-

Education

Nihon University College of Art
College of Art / Department of Literature
Country: Japan

Awards

Shincho New Writers' Prize
2004
Work: The Vacuum Flows
Category: 小説部門
Organization: Shinchosha
Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

2006 Fiction

To Cheerful and Sad Music

2007 Fiction

With a Breezy 'R' Humming

2008 Fiction

Eternity and One Phrase

2012 Fiction

Bibliography

  • Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da
  • To Cheerful and Sad Music
  • With a Breezy 'R' Humming
  • Eternity and One Phrase
  • The Vacuum Flows (Shincho, Nov 2004)
  • Applause and Handclaps (Shincho, Nov 2005)
  • Synchronized Melody (Shincho, Oct 2007)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Lyrical, calm prose with emphasis on inner psychological depiction
Recurring Motifs
musicnostalgiafragments of everyday life

Legacy

A Japanese novelist who debuted in the 2000s. After winning a Shincho new-writer prize, he has continued publishing primarily short and mid-length fiction.

Trivia

  • Won the 36th Shincho New Writers' Prize in 2004 for 'The Vacuum Flows'.
  • Born in Tokyo.