Japan Horror Novel Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (2006) award
Takashi Yabe
やべ たかし
Yabe Takashi
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1986-01-01 （Hachioji, Tokyo, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist
- Active Years
- 2006-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Musashino University | Faculty of Literature | — | — | — | Japan |
Musashino University
Faculty of Literature
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | Japan Horror Novel Award (Long Novel Prize) | Saori-chan's House | 長編賞 | Japan Horror Novel Award Committee | winner |
Japan Horror Novel Award (Long Novel Prize)
2006
Work:
Saori-chan's House
Category:
長編賞
Organization:
Japan Horror Novel Award Committee
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Saori-chan's House
2006 HorrorDebut novel that won the 13th Japan Horror Novel Award (Long Novel Prize). Blends domestic settings with unsettling supernatural occurrences.
homesupernaturaleveryday unease
Attending School via the Nurse's Office
2009 Short story collection (horror elements)A collection of short stories that often use school and everyday scenes as backdrops for eerie and unsettling tales.
schoolhuman relationshipsfear
The Witch's Child Does Not Come
2013 HorrorA collection featuring uncanny motifs and supernatural elements, exploring dislocation and solitude within ordinary life.
lonelinessfolkloric motifsthe ordinary and the uncanny
Shōjo Teikoku (Girl Garden Country)
2014 SF / Strange talePublished in the Hayakawa SF J Collection; contains fantastical and allegorical stories blending SF and strange-tale elements.
fantasyallegoryimages of girls
Future Map and the Spider's Web
2025 Short story/linked storiesA collection published by Kodansha including short stories and serialized pieces dealing with webs, the future, and interconnected narratives.
futureconnectionstechnology and people
Bibliography
- Saori-chan's House
- Attending School via the Nurse's Office
- The Witch's Child Does Not Come
- Shōjo Teikoku (Girl Garden Country)
- Future Map and the Spider's Web
- Sketches of Humans (private edition)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- concise, spare prosedepictions that bridge the everyday and the uncannyallegorical and fantastical elements
- Recurring Motifs
- everyday spaces such as schools and homesgirls and childrenspiders and websloneliness and alienation
Legacy
Since debuting with the 2006 Japan Horror Novel Award (Long Novel Prize), he has been recognized as a young author in horror and fantastical literature. He has built a distinctive atmosphere through short stories and linked works, expanding readership via doujin activities and web serialization.
Trivia
- Debuted by winning the 13th Japan Horror Novel Award (Long Novel Prize) while still at university with 'Saori-chan's House'.
- Has doujin activities and published a private short-story collection 'Sketches of Humans'.
- Active on X (formerly Twitter) and on the novel platform Kakuyomu.