Gunzo Newcomer Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 24 (1981) winning entry
Yoriko Shono
しょうの よりこ
Shono Yoriko
Pen Names:
Yoriko Shono（Used as a pen name）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1956-03-16 （Yokkaichi, Mie, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Yokkaichi → Ise
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 1981-
- Affiliations
- Rikkyo University
- Influenced By
- Shizuo Fujieda, Naikou no Sedai
- Nominations
- Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize, Women's Literature Award
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ritsumeikan University | Faculty of Law | Department of Law | 学士 | — | Japan |
Ritsumeikan University
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Law
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Gunzo New Writers' Literary Prize | Gokuraku | — | Kodansha | Winner |
| 1991 | Noma Literary New Face Prize | — | — | Kodansha | Winner |
| 1994 | Mishima Yukio Prize | — | — | Shinchosha | Winner |
| 1994 | Akutagawa Prize | — | — | Bungeishunjū | Winner |
| 2001 | Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize | — | — | Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize | Winner |
| 2004 | Sense of Gender Award | — | — | Gender SF Research Group | Winner |
| 2005 | Ito Sei Literature Prize | — | — | Ito Sei Literature Prize | Winner |
| 2014 | Noma Literary Prize | — | — | Kodansha | Winner |
Gunzo New Writers' Literary Prize
1981
Work:
Gokuraku
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
Winner
Noma Literary New Face Prize
1991
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
Winner
Mishima Yukio Prize
1994
Organization:
Shinchosha
Result:
Winner
Akutagawa Prize
1994
Organization:
Bungeishunjū
Result:
Winner
Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize
2001
Organization:
Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize
Result:
Winner
Sense of Gender Award
2004
Organization:
Gender SF Research Group
Result:
Winner
Ito Sei Literature Prize
2005
Organization:
Ito Sei Literature Prize
Result:
Winner
Noma Literary Prize
2014
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Noma Literary Newcomer Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1991) award
Akutagawa Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 111 (1994) award
Mishima Yukio Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 7 (1994) award
Izumi Kyoka Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 29 (2001) award
Sense of Gender Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 3 (2003) grand prize
Ito Sei Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 16 (2005) award
Noma Literary Award
1 appearances
-
Edition 67 (2014) award
Japan Medical Novel Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (2015) nominee
Works
Major Works
Gokuraku
1981 NovelStyle & Themes
- Literary Style
- Postmodern literatureFantasy fictionI-novel
- Recurring Motifs
- fantasymetafiction
Health
-
Mixed connective tissue disease1980年代頃 - 現在Wrote and published memoirs of her illness
Legacy
Known for her radical political themes and use of metafiction, she has influenced contemporary Japanese literature.