Art Encouragement Prize for Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (1989) award
Kazuo Shinohara
しのはら かずお
Shinohara Kazuo
Pen Names:
Hajime Kazama（Pen name used for early short story publications）
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1978-04-12 （Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan → Kyoto, Japan
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Critic
- Active Years
- 2002-
- Influenced By
- Hiromi Kawakami, Kobo Abe
- Influenced
- Naoki Sato, Misaki Suzuki
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences | Department of Japanese Literature | 文学士 | 1997-2001 | Japan |
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters, Arts and Sciences
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Degree:
文学士
Period:
1997-2001
Year of Graduation:
2001
Country:
Japan
Participated in literary club activities during university
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | New Generation Literature Prize | Dawn's Course | — | New Generation Literature Foundation | Winner |
| 2018 | Contemporary Literary Criticism Award | Voices of the Border (Essay Collection) | 批評 | Japan Critics Association | Winner |
New Generation Literature Prize
2014
Work:
Dawn's Course
Organization:
New Generation Literature Foundation
Result:
Winner
Contemporary Literary Criticism Award
2018
Work:
Voices of the Border (Essay Collection)
Category:
批評
Organization:
Japan Critics Association
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Dawn's Course
2013 Novel 320 pagesSet in a suburban port town, the novel depicts loss and renewal as family absence and memories tied to the sea intertwine.
lossrenewalfamily
Adaptations
- [Film] Dawn's Course / 山田太郎 (2016)
Translations
- English translation: Dawn's Course (2016), trans. Emily Smith
Voices of the Border
2017 Essays / Criticism 210 pagesAn essay collection that examines boundaries and otherness in contemporary society, exploring relations between city and periphery.
boundariesothernessurbanity
Memories by the Sea
2010 Short Story Collection 180 pagesA collection of short stories centered on the sea and family; fragments of everyday life accumulate to leave a quiet aftertaste.
the seamemoryeveryday life
Bibliography
- Memories by the Sea (2010)
- Small Light (2011)
- Dawn's Course (2013)
- Voices of the Border (2017)
- Festival of Fragments (2020)
Adaptations
- Film 'Dawn's Course' (2016, dir. Taro Yamada)
Translations of Works
- Dawn's Course — English translation (2016), trans. Emily Smith
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Concise, restrained proseDetail-oriented description
- Recurring Motifs
- the searuinsabsence of family
Legacy
Kazuo Shinohara is acclaimed for delicate psychological depictions of suburbs and the sea, carving out a distinct place in contemporary Japanese literature.
Museums
- Shinohara Literary Archive Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan Opened in 2020
Academic Societies
- Japanese Society for Contemporary Literature
- Waseda Literary Society
Archives
- Waseda University Faculty of Letters Archive
In Popular Culture
- Known to a wider audience following a film adaptation
Quotes
-
Family announces its presence through loss.
Source: Dawn's Course (2013) -
Words can sometimes be blades.
Source: Interview (magazine) (2015)
Trivia
- Belonged to a university literary club
- Played on his high school basketball team
- Known to be a cat owner