Mephisto Award
1 appearances
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Edition 64 (2023) award
Kotori Sudo
すどう ことり
Sudo Kotori
Profile
- Gender
- Unknown
- Born
- 1987 （Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2022-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aoyama Gakuin University | — | — | — | — | Japan |
Aoyama Gakuin University
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Mephisto Prize | The Day of the Gorilla Trial | — | Kodansha | 受賞 |
Mephisto Prize
2022
Work:
The Day of the Gorilla Trial
Organization:
Kodansha
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Day of the Gorilla Trial
2022 FictionDebut work. Won the 64th Mephisto Prize by unanimous decision. First published in Mephisto 2022 WINTER special issue (Dec 2022). Collected in a single-volume edition by Kodansha in March 2023.
Infinite Moon
2023 FictionA book published by Kodansha in July 2023.
The Season of the Zombies
2025 FictionA book published by Kodansha in April 2025.
Bibliography
- Gorilla Saiban no Hi (The Day of the Gorilla Trial). Kodansha, March 2023 (Kodansha Bunko edition May 2025)
- Mugen no Tsuki (Infinite Moon). Kodansha, July 2023
- Zonbi ga Ita Kisetsu (The Season of the Zombies). Kodansha, April 2025
- "If You're Going to Kill, Do It After the Song Ends" - Dance in the Rain: Modern Short Stories Best Collection 2023 (Bunshun Bunko, Sep 2023)
- "The Price of Lies" - It Was My First Time Lying (Kodansha, Nov 2023)
- "Contract with the Devil" - This Will Be the Last Job (Kodansha, Aug 2024)
- "The Xingu Flows" - I Told You to Throw It Away, Yet... (Kodansha, Jan 2025)
- "Void Law" - A New Law Has Been Enacted (Kodansha, May 2025)
- "The Life of a Sloth" - Shosetsu Shincho, Dec 2023 (not collected in a volume)
- "We in a World Where the Waves Collapsed" - Shosetsu Shincho, Dec 2024 (not collected in a volume)
- "Father Berez and Her Animal Church" - Shosetsu Shincho, Apr 2025 (not collected in a volume)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Contemporary fiction with mystery elementsBlack-humor touchesPrimarily focused on short stories
- Recurring Motifs
- courtrooms/trialsguilt and atonementboundaries between fiction and realityisolation and interpersonal relationships
Legacy
A rising author who debuted after winning the Mephisto Prize. Continues to publish mainly short stories and has attracted attention in contemporary mystery fiction.
Trivia
- Debuted by winning the 64th Mephisto Prize unanimously.
- Active on note (account: @kotori_sudo).
- Has authority identifiers such as VIAF and the National Diet Library (NDL).