Oya Soichi Nonfiction Award
1 appearances
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Edition 10 (1979) award
Kotaro Sawaki
さわき こうたろう
Sawaki Kotarou
Pen Names:
Kotaro Sawaki（Pen name. Explained reason for not disclosing real name in an interview.）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1947-11-29 （Ota-ku, Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Writer, Essayist, Novelist, Photographer
- Active Years
- 1970-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yokohama National University, Faculty of Economics | Faculty of Economics | — | — | — | Japan |
Yokohama National University, Faculty of Economics
Faculty of Economics
Country:
Japan
Seminar advisor was Kazutsugu Nagasu.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Soichi Oya Nonfiction Prize | Settlement of Terror | — | Soichi Oya Nonfiction Prize | 受賞 |
| 1982 | Jiro Nitta Literary Award | A Moment of Summer | — | Jiro Nitta Literary Award | 受賞 |
| 1985 | Kodansha Essay Award | Bourbon Street | — | Kodansha Essay Award | 受賞 |
| 1987 | Japan Adventure Fiction Association Award | — | — | Japan Adventure Fiction Association | 受賞 |
| 2003 | Kikuchi Kan Prize | — | — | Kikuchi Kan Prize | 受賞 |
| 2006 | Kodansha Nonfiction Award | Frozen | — | Kodansha Nonfiction Award | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Ryotaro Shiba Award | Capa's Cross | — | Ryotaro Shiba Award | 受賞 |
| 2022 | Yomiuri Literary Award | Tenri no Tabibito | — | Yomiuri Shimbun | 受賞 |
Soichi Oya Nonfiction Prize
1979
Work:
Settlement of Terror
Organization:
Soichi Oya Nonfiction Prize
Result:
受賞
Jiro Nitta Literary Award
1982
Work:
A Moment of Summer
Organization:
Jiro Nitta Literary Award
Result:
受賞
Kodansha Essay Award
1985
Work:
Bourbon Street
Organization:
Kodansha Essay Award
Result:
受賞
Japan Adventure Fiction Association Award
1987
Organization:
Japan Adventure Fiction Association
Result:
受賞
Kikuchi Kan Prize
2003
Organization:
Kikuchi Kan Prize
Result:
受賞
Kodansha Nonfiction Award
2006
Work:
Frozen
Organization:
Kodansha Nonfiction Award
Result:
受賞
Ryotaro Shiba Award
2013
Work:
Capa's Cross
Organization:
Ryotaro Shiba Award
Result:
受賞
Yomiuri Literary Award
2022
Work:
Tenri no Tabibito
Organization:
Yomiuri Shimbun
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Nitta Jiro Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (1982) award
Kodansha Essay Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 1 (1985) award
Kikuchi Kan Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 57 (2003) award
Kodansha Nonfiction Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 28 (2006) award
Shiba Ryotaro Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 17 (2013) award
Yomiuri Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 74 (2022) award
Works
Major Works
Midnight Express
1986 NonfictionA nonfiction work documenting adventurous overseas travel.
TravelAdventure
Adaptations
- [TV Drama] Midnight Express
Settlement of Terror
1979 NonfictionA nonfiction work about the assassination of Inajiro Asanuma, chairman of the Japan Socialist Party.
PoliticsIncident
A Moment of Summer
1981 NovelA novel depicting a professional boxer’s match from the reporter’s perspective.
SportsBoxing
Bourbon Street
1984 EssayEssay collection.
Essay
Frozen
2005 NonfictionNonfiction work.
Nonfiction
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Realism influenced by New JournalismNarrative style from the reporter’s point of view called 'Watashi Non-Fiction'
- Recurring Motifs
- TravelAdventureSports
Legacy
Kotaro Sawaki is highly regarded as a nonfiction writer, having received numerous literary awards. His works have been adapted into visual media and widely influenced culture.
Trivia
- Uses a pen name and has not disclosed his real name.
- Survived a plane crash of a Cessna in the Brazilian jungle.
- Appears annually on December 24th at midnight on the radio program 'MIDNIGHT EXPRESS~Tenkai e'.