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Tomoka Shibasaki

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Shibasaki Tomoka

プロフィール

性別
女性
生誕
1973-10-20 （Taisho Ward, Osaka City, Osaka Prefecture, Japan）
国籍
Japan
言語
Japanese

経歴

職業
Novelist
活動期間
1999年〜
影響を受けた人物
Jean Cocteau, Kazushi Hosaka, Human geography (academic discipline)
ノミネート
Finalist, 35th Bungei Prize ('Talking About Me') (1998), Nominee, 136th Akutagawa Prize ('That Town's Present') (2007), Nominee, 137th Akutagawa Prize ('Theme Song') (2007), Nominee, 20th Mishima Yukio Prize ('Until We Meet Again') (2007), Nominee, 143rd Akutagawa Prize ('I Am Not in Khartoum') (2010)

学歴

Osaka Prefectural University
School of Integrated Arts and Sciences / International Culture Course
国: Japan
Member of the photography club; studied human geography, which influenced her attention to landscape.
Osaka Prefectural Shioka High School
国: Japan

受賞歴

Sakuya Konohana Prize (24th)
2006
対象作品: A Day's Events
部門: 文芸その他部門
主催: Sakuya Konohana Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Oda Sakunosuke Prize (23rd) - Grand Prize
2006
対象作品: That Town's Present
部門: 大賞
主催: Oda Sakunosuke Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (Newcomer) - Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (57th)
2007
対象作品: That Town's Present
部門: 新人賞（文部科学大臣賞）
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 受賞
Noma Literary Newcomer Prize (32nd)
2010
対象作品: Netemo Sametemo (Asako I & II / While Sleeping, While Awake)
部門: 新人賞
主催: Noma Foundation
結果: 受賞
Akutagawa Prize (151st)
2014
対象作品: Spring Garden
主催: Akutagawa Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Association of Japanese Geographers Award (Social Contribution Division)
2016
部門: 社会貢献部門
主催: Association of Japanese Geographers
結果: 受賞
Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) (74th)
2024
対象作品: Continuation and Beginning
部門: 文学
主催: Agency for Cultural Affairs
結果: 受賞
Tanizaki Jun'ichiro Prize (60th)
2024
対象作品: Continuation and Beginning
主催: Tanizaki Jun'ichiro Prize Committee
結果: 受賞
Osaka Honma Book Award (12th) - Special Prize
2024
対象作品: Osaka (co-authored with Masahiko Kishi)
部門: 共著
主催: Osaka Honma Book Award Committee
結果: 特別賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

A Day's Events

2000年 Novel

A collection of short fiction (debut collection) including "Red, Yellow, Orange, Orange, Blue," depicting fragments of urban life and everyday moments with subtle detail.

everyday lifeurban landscapesmemory
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] A Day's Events – film adaptation / 行定勲 (2004)

That Town's Present

2006年 Novel

A novel about a town's present and the lives of its inhabitants; won the Oda Sakunosuke Prize grand prize and brought wide attention to her work.

townrelationshipsmemory

Netemo Sametemo (Asako I & II / While Sleeping, While Awake)

2010年 Novel

A story exploring love and identity; published in 2010 and later adapted into a film that drew attention domestically and internationally.

loveselftransformation
映像化・舞台化
  • [Film] Asako I & II (film) / 濱口竜介 (2018)
翻訳
  • Asako I & II

Spring Garden

2014年 Novel

A novella/short novel that sensitively depicts family and generational rifts; one of her representative works that won the 151st Akutagawa Prize.

familygenerationsmemory

Continuation and Beginning

2023年 Novel

One of her notable recent works; it received the 2024 Art Encouragement Prize (Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology) for literature and the Tanizaki Jun'ichiro Prize.

continuityrenewalrelationships

全著作

  • A Day's Events
  • What Song Will You Sing Until the Next Town?
  • Blue-Sky Sentimental Tour
  • Shortcut
  • Full-Time Life
  • That Town's Present
  • Until We Meet Again
  • Theme Song
  • Star's Mark
  • Dreamers
  • Netemo Sametemo (Asako I & II)
  • Viridian
  • Rainbow Colors and Luck
  • In the Town Where I Was Not
  • Weekend Coming
  • More Secretly Than the Stars
  • Spring Garden
  • Panorara
  • A Day's Events, Ten Years Later
  • Apprentice of Kawauso Hori Ghost Tales
  • A Thousand Doors
  • Won't You Go to the Park? On Tuesday
  • Transient Things
  • Longing
  • A Hundred Years and a Day
  • Continuation and Beginning
  • Walking Far
  • The Detective Who Cannot Return

翻案

  • A Day's Events (film adaptation, 2004, directed by Isao Yukisada)
  • Netemo Sametemo (film adaptation, 2018, directed by Ryusuke Hamaguchi; screened in competition at the 71st Cannes Film Festival)

作風・主題

文体
quiet, restrained prosedetailed descriptions of landscape and scenea perspective that lifts fragments of everyday life
頻出モチーフ
landscapefragments of townsmemory and losseveryday minutiae

健康

  • Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)
    診断公表: 2024年（自覚は若年期から）
    Reported lifelong tendencies such as forgetfulness, lateness, and clutter; these experiences influenced her 2024 memoir and public reflections.

評価・遺産

Regarded for delicate depictions of urban landscapes and everyday detail; winner of major literary prizes including the Akutagawa Prize, and known internationally through film adaptations presented at film festivals.

関連学会

  • Association of Japanese Geographers (award recipient)

大衆文化への影響

  • 'Netemo Sametemo' was adapted into a film and screened in competition at the 71st Cannes Film Festival (2018).
  • 'A Day's Events' was adapted into a film directed by Isao Yukisada (2004).

引用

  • It was Jean Cocteau's poem 'Soap Bubbles' that, in just three lines, gave me the energy to continue writing novels.
    出典: Yosomitsumi by Tomoka Shibasaki (Nikkei Publishing), p.232 (2010年)

豆知識

  • Born in Taisho Ward, Osaka City on October 20, 1973.
  • After university she worked for about four years as a company employee at a machinery manufacturer.
  • Debut piece: short story "Red, Yellow, Orange, Orange, Blue" (published 1999).
  • Reported to be single.
  • Official website: http://shiba-to.com/
  • Publicly disclosed an ADHD diagnosis in 2024 and reflected on the experience in a 2024 book.