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Fumiki Takahashi

たかはし ふみき

Takahashi Fumiki

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1979-08-16 (Chiba City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan)
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Essayist, Literary critic, Editor, Publisher
Active Years
2001-
Affiliations
Hametuha Co., Ltd., Hametuha (online literary magazine)
Memberships
Science Fiction Writers Club of Japan
Influenced By
Yoshio Takahashi

Education

Chiba Prefectural Chiba Junior and Senior High School
Year of Graduation: 1998
Country: Japan
University of Tokyo, Faculty of Letters
Faculty of Letters / Department of Language and Culture (French language and French literature)
Year of Graduation: 2003
Country: Japan

Awards

Gentosha NET Student Literature Award
2001
Organization: Gentosha
Result: Winner
Shincho New Writer's Award
2007
Category: 小説部門
Organization: Shinchosha
Result: Winner
Chiba City Arts and Culture Newcomer Award
2009
Organization: Chiba City
Result: Winner

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

2001 Fiction

Takahashi's debut work; winner of the Gentosha NET Student Literature Award.

2007 Fiction

Originally published in Shincho magazine; winner of the 39th Shincho New Writer's Award (fiction).

2024 Collected/edited volume

A compiled/edited volume published in 2024.

A Great Song You've Never Heard Before

2019 Short story

A short story that has been translated into English and published in international literary outlets.

Translations
  • A Great Song You've Never Heard Before

Bibliography

  • A Great Song You've Never Heard Before

Translations of Works

  • To the Last Drop
  • A Homeroom Meeting
  • All About Youth
  • Hasta la última gota
  • At the Church
  • Blood Runs Deep
  • A Great Song You've Never Heard Before
  • Shining White
  • Days Before Yesterday
  • Grown-Ups Don't Give Way

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Contemporary fictionShort-story oriented
Recurring Motifs
Family relationshipsComing-of-age

Legacy

A contemporary Japanese novelist known for winning the Shincho New Writer's Award. He founded the online literary magazine Hametuha and has been involved in e-book distribution.

Trivia

  • His father is Naoki Prize-winning writer Yoshio Takahashi.
  • He founded Hametuha Co., Ltd. in 2010.
  • In 2015 he published a feature on the online literary magazine Hametuha to compile serial works into e-books and began selling on Kindle.
  • Winner of the 39th Shincho New Writer's Award (fiction) in 2007.
  • Winner of the 1st Gentosha NET Student Literature Award in 2001 for 'Tochu Gesha'.
  • Joined the Science Fiction Writers Club of Japan in 2022.