Nihon Essayist Club Award
1 appearances
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Edition 42 (1994) award
Shiro Nakayama
なかやま しろう
Nakayama Shirou
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1930-11-22 （Hiroshima）
- Died
- 2022-10-12 age 91
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 1950-2022
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hiroshima Prefectural Hiroshima Daiichi Middle School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Russian Literature | — | — | Japan |
Hiroshima Prefectural Hiroshima Daiichi Middle School
Country:
Japan
Exposed to the atomic bombing while attending school in Hiroshima
Waseda University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Russian Literature
Year of Graduation:
1954
Country:
Japan
Graduated from the Department of Russian Literature
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Japan Essayist Club Award | Genbakutei Orifushi | — | Japan Essayist Club | 受賞 |
Japan Essayist Club Award
1993
Work:
Genbakutei Orifushi
Organization:
Japan Essayist Club
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Shadow of Death
1968 NovelA collection of stories exploring life and death.
deathhuman nature
Shomuto: Short Stories by Shiro Nakayama
1974 Short story collectionA compilation of Nakayama's short stories.
memoryregional life
Ujina Pier: Short Stories
1978 Short story collectionShort stories set in Hiroshima and its port town.
portsnostalgia
Heavenly Sheep: Southern Special Students Who Died in the Bombing
1982 Reportage / Non-fictionA non-fiction account of southern students who died in the atomic bombing.
atomic bombingrecording history
Genbakutei Orifushi
1993 EssayEssays on the atomic bombing and Hiroshima. Winner of the 1993 Japan Essayist Club Award.
hibakusha experienceurban memory
My Map of Hiroshima
1998 EssaysAn essay collection recounting Hiroshima from the author's perspective.
placememory
From the Blue Abyss: Essays by Shiro Nakayama
2022 Essay collectionA late-career essay collection addressing Hiroshima, war, and memory.
warmemory
Bibliography
- Shadow of Death
- Shomuto: Short Stories by Shiro Nakayama
- Ujina Pier: Short Stories
- Heavenly Sheep: Southern Special Students Who Died in the Bombing
- Genbakutei Orifushi
- My Map of Hiroshima
- From the Blue Abyss: Essays by Shiro Nakayama
- Chieko Seki & Shiro Nakayama: Hiroshima Correspondence (3 volumes)
- Hiroshima Dialogue Essays 2016-2018 (co-authored)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- documentary and essayistic style based on hibakusha experiencelyrical depiction with regional color
- Recurring Motifs
- atomic bombingHiroshimamemoryports and the sea
Health
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Atomic bomb exposure (hibakusha)1945以降Affected his themes and prompted lifelong recording and writing about the bombing.
Legacy
As a Hiroshima-born writer, he preserved hibakusha experiences and documented regional memory through essays and non-fiction. He was recognized with awards such as the Japan Essayist Club Award.
Trivia
- He experienced the atomic bombing while still attending school in Hiroshima.
- Winner of the 1993 Japan Essayist Club Award for 'Genbakutei Orifushi'.