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第108回（2009年） award
Shirin Nezammafi
シリン・ネザマフィ
Shirin Nezammafi
別名:
شیرین نظام مافی / シーリーン・ネザーム＝マーフィー
プロフィール
- 性別
- 女性
- 生誕
- 1979-11-10 （Tehran, Iran）
- 国籍
- Iran
- 言語
- Japanese, Persian, English
- 居住地歴
- Tehran, Iran → Kobe, Japan → Dubai, United Arab Emirates
経歴
- 職業
- Novelist, Systems Engineer
- 活動期間
- 1993年〜
- 所属
- Panasonic
- 影響を受けた人物
- Kobo Abe
- ノミネート
- 141st Akutagawa Prize nominee (2009), 143rd Akutagawa Prize nominee (2010)
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kobe University | Faculty of Engineering | — | 学士 | — | Japan |
| Graduate School of Natural Science, Kobe University | Master's program | Information Intelligence Engineering | 修士 | — | Japan |
Kobe University
Faculty of Engineering
学位:
学士
国:
Japan
Graduate School of Natural Science, Kobe University
Master's program
/ Information Intelligence Engineering
学位:
修士
国:
Japan
Completed research in information intelligence engineering
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 4th Ryugakusei (Foreign Students) Literary Prize | Salam | — | Ryugakusei Literary Prize | 受賞 |
| 2009 | 108th Bungeikai Newcomer Prize | White Paper | — | Bungeikai | 受賞 |
4th Ryugakusei (Foreign Students) Literary Prize
2006
対象作品:
Salam
主催:
Ryugakusei Literary Prize
結果:
受賞
108th Bungeikai Newcomer Prize
2009
対象作品:
White Paper
主催:
Bungeikai
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
White Paper / Salam
2009年 Coming-of-age novel / NovelA coming-of-age novel depicting the love between students during the Iran–Iraq War. Noted for precise descriptive power and an unconventional style that maintains a near-first-person perspective without using explicit first-person pronouns.
border-crossingwarcoming-of-ageromancememoryidentity
Hakudō (Palpitation)
2010年 Short storyA short story that delicately depicts fluctuations of the human inner life and emotion.
emotional fluctuationhuman relationshipsmemory
全著作
- White Paper / Salam (Bungei Shunju, 2009)
- Salam (short story, 2006)
- Hakudō (short story, 2010)
作風・主題
- 文体
- a near-first-person perspective without using explicit first-person pronounsprecise, detailed descriptiona border-crossing viewpoint (perspectives shaped by multiple languages/cultures)
- 頻出モチーフ
- language and identitymemories of waryouth and coming-of-ageborder-crossing
評価・遺産
Notable as an example of a non-native Japanese author winning a major domestic literary prize; recognized for contributions to border-crossing literature and for bringing diverse perspectives to Japanese letters.
資料所蔵先
- Collections at the National Diet Library (NDL)
引用
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Influenced by a friend who lived in Japan during junior high because of her father's job, she became interested in Japan, noting practices such as lining up removed shoes neatly as examples of Japanese meticulousness.
出典: Asahi Shimbun (interview, 2009) (2009年)
豆知識
- Wrote her first novel at age 14.
- Graduated from Kobe University Faculty of Engineering; completed a master's program at Kobe University Graduate School of Natural Science.
- Employed at Panasonic as a systems engineer; assigned to the Dubai branch from June 2009.
- One of the few non-native Japanese authors to win a major Japanese literary prize (second to win Bungeikai Newcomer Prize as a foreign-born author; first from a non–Chinese-character-speaking region).