Akutagawa Prize
1回登壇
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第137回（2007年） award
Tetsushi Suwa
すわ てつし
Suwa Tetsushi
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1979-03-20 （Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
- 居住地歴
- Matsumoto, Nagano, Japan → Suginami, Tokyo, Japan
経歴
- 職業
- novelist, writer, essayist
- 活動期間
- 2003年〜
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Japan Literature Prize | Swimming Through the Calm City | — | Japan Literature Promotion Association | winner |
Japan Literature Prize
2019
対象作品:
Swimming Through the Calm City
主催:
Japan Literature Promotion Association
結果:
winner
受賞・候補エディション
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第50回（2007年） winning entry
作品
代表作
Swimming Through the Calm City
2018年 literary fiction 312ページSet in a small port town, this novel traces the recovery of lost memories and the restoration of family ties. The lives of people by the sea intersect quietly across past and present.
familymemorythe sealoneliness
映像化・舞台化
- [Film] Swimming Through the Calm City / 中村拓也 (2021)
翻訳
- English translation: Swimming Through the Calm City (translator: Anna Sato)
全著作
- Swimming Through the Calm City
- Afternoon Nautical Chart
- Winter Corridor
- Short Stories 'Forms of the Tide'
翻案
- Swimming Through the Calm City (film, 2021)
作品の翻訳
- Swimming Through the Calm City — Japanese original translated into English
作風・主題
- 文体
- lyrical, tranquil prosepsychological detail grounded in small moments
- 頻出モチーフ
- sea and port-town imagerywater motifsmemory and renewal
評価・遺産
Valued for his quiet prose and introspective narratives, he is regarded as a model for younger authors in contemporary Japanese literature.
引用
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Words spread quietly like the sea.
出典: Interview (2019) (2019年)
豆知識
- Often revises drafts at a seaside café.
- Was a member of the photography club in university; photographic influence shows in his landscape descriptions.