Subaru Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 21 (1997) award
Hiroko Shimizu
しみず ひろこ
Shimizu Hiroko
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1968-06-02 （Asahikawa, Hokkaido, Japan）
- Died
- 2013-10-10 age 45
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, writer
- Active Years
- 1991-2013
- Influenced By
- ,
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University, First Faculty of Letters | First Faculty of Letters | Department of Literary Arts | — | — | Japan |
Hokkaido Asahikawa Higashi High School
Country:
Japan
Waseda University, First Faculty of Letters
First Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Literary Arts
Year of Graduation:
1991
Country:
Japan
Studied under 江中直紀 and 久間十義; graduation work "Majolica-tan" was published in Waseda Bungaku (1991).
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Subaru Literary Prize | Hon no Shasei | — | Subaru (magazine) | 最終候補 |
| 1997 | Subaru Literary Prize | Machi no Zahyō | — | Subaru (magazine) | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Noma Literary New Face Award | Machi no Zahyō | — | Noma Cultural Foundation | 候補 |
| 1999 | Noma Literary New Face Award | Doodle | — | Noma Cultural Foundation | 候補 |
| 2001 | Akutagawa Prize | Shobōsen | — | Bungeishunjū | 候補 |
| 2001 | Noma Literary New Face Award | Shobōsen | — | Noma Cultural Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2005 | Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize | Naichigaichi | — | — | 候補 |
| 2006 | Akutagawa Prize | vanity | — | Bungeishunjū | 候補 |
Subaru Literary Prize
1994
Work:
Hon no Shasei
Organization:
Subaru (magazine)
Result:
最終候補
Subaru Literary Prize
1997
Work:
Machi no Zahyō
Organization:
Subaru (magazine)
Result:
受賞
Noma Literary New Face Award
1998
Work:
Machi no Zahyō
Organization:
Noma Cultural Foundation
Result:
候補
Noma Literary New Face Award
1999
Work:
Doodle
Organization:
Noma Cultural Foundation
Result:
候補
Akutagawa Prize
2001
Work:
Shobōsen
Organization:
Bungeishunjū
Result:
候補
Noma Literary New Face Award
2001
Work:
Shobōsen
Organization:
Noma Cultural Foundation
Result:
受賞
Kawabata Yasunari Literature Prize
2005
Work:
Naichigaichi
Result:
候補
Akutagawa Prize
2006
Work:
vanity
Organization:
Bungeishunjū
Result:
候補
Awards & Nominations
Noma Literary Newcomer Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 23 (2001) award
Works
Major Works
Machi no Zahyō
1998 Short story collectionA short story collection; many stories were first published in the magazine Subaru.
regional townsmemoryhuman relationships
Doodle
1999 Short story collectionShort story collection published in 1999, including pieces such as "Kuugen" and "Doodle".
languagefiction
Shobōsen
2001 Short fictionIncludes the title piece first published in Subaru. Winner of the 23rd Noma Literary New Face Award.
solitudeeveryday life
Guzuberi
2002 Short story collectionPublished by Kodansha; collects works that appeared in the magazine Gunzo.
Hokkaidolabyrinth
Kagi
2005 Novel/Short fictionPublished by Shueisha; a collected volume of works first appearing in magazines such as Subaru.
memoryfamily
vanity
2006 Short fictionPublished by Shinchosha; the title work was first published in the magazine Shincho.
self-awarenessvanity
Bibliography
- Machi no Zahyō (1998, Shueisha)
- Doodle (1999, Shueisha)
- Shobōsen (2001, Shueisha)
- Guzuberi (2002, Kodansha)
- Kagi (2005, Shueisha)
- vanity (2006, Shinchosha)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- introspective styleshort fiction often written for literary magazines
- Recurring Motifs
- Hokkaido landscapesmemory and familydetails of everyday life
Legacy
A short-fiction writer from Asahikawa, praised for works depicting regionality and memory. Recipient of the Noma Literary New Face Award and the Subaru Literary Prize; academic interest in her work continued after her death.
Archives
- National Diet Library (authority ID: 00669139)
- VIAF (ID: 81158238)
- WorldCat Entities
- German National Library (GND)
Trivia
- Not the same person as the bowler Hiroko Shimizu (清水弘子).
- Authority identifiers exist in VIAF, WorldCat, NDL and GND.