Tsogen SF Short Story Award
1 appearances
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Edition 1 (2010) honorable mention
Haneko Takayama
たかやま はねこ
Takayama Haneko
Pen Names:
Haneko Takayama（Pen name used as an author）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1975-05-09 （Toyama City, Toyama Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, SF writer
- Active Years
- 2009-
- Nominations
- 46th Seiun Awards (Japanese short story category) nomination (reference) - "Oyasumi Radio" (2015), 36th Nihon SF Taisho Award finalist - 'Udon Kitsune-tsuki no' (2015), 160th / 161st Akutagawa Prize candidate (multiple works shortlisted, 2019), 33rd Mishima Yukio Prize nominee (2020)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tama Art University | Faculty of Fine Arts | Department of Painting | 学士 | — | Japan |
Tama Art University
Faculty of Fine Arts
/ Department of Painting
Degree:
学士
Country:
Japan
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Sogen SF Short Story Award | Udon Kitsune-tsuki no | — | Tokyo Sogen | 佳作 |
| 2016 | Hayashi Fumiko Literary Prize | Taiyō no soba no shima | — | Hayashi Fumiko Prize Committee | 大賞 |
| 2020 | Akutagawa Prize | Shuri no Uma (The Horse of Shuri) | — | Akutagawa Prize | 受賞 |
Sogen SF Short Story Award
2009
Work:
Udon Kitsune-tsuki no
Organization:
Tokyo Sogen
Result:
佳作
Hayashi Fumiko Literary Prize
2016
Work:
Taiyō no soba no shima
Organization:
Hayashi Fumiko Prize Committee
Result:
大賞
Akutagawa Prize
2020
Work:
Shuri no Uma (The Horse of Shuri)
Organization:
Akutagawa Prize
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Hayashi Fumiko Literary Award
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2016) grand prize
Akutagawa Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 163 (2020) award
Okinawa Bookstore Grand Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 7 (2021) runner-up grand prize
Works
Major Works
Udon Kitsune-tsuki no
2014 Short story collection / SFA debut short story collection blending fantastical SF elements with everyday life.
fantasythe ordinary and the uncannyanimals
Objectatum
2018 Short stories / FictionA collection of short stories dealing with estrangement, memory, and strange encounters.
memoryalienationfantastical elements
Ita Basho (The Place I Was)
2019 Short story collectionA short story collection exploring relationships and the memories tied to places.
sense of placememoryhuman relationships
Come Gather Round People
2019 Long fiction / Short novel collectionA collection mixing short and medium-length pieces that sharply depict social and everyday displacements.
social dislocationidentity
Shuri no Uma (The Horse of Shuri)
2020 Novella / Literary fictionA novella inspired by observing professional baseball spring training; mixes reality and memory and won the Akutagawa Prize.
memory vs. realitysportsnostalgia
Parade no System
2023 NovelA recent novel using gatherings and systems as motifs.
groupssystemsindividual vs society
Bibliography
- Udon Kitsune-tsuki no (2014)
- Objectatum (2018)
- Ita Basho (2019)
- Come Gather Round People (2019)
- Ikasama (2019)
- Shuri no Uma (2020)
- Kurayami ni Lens (2020)
- Parade no System (2023)
- Drive-in Midnight (2023)
- Panda Pacifica (2024)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- blending of the fantastical and the everydayconcise, observational proseliterary application of SF conceits
- Recurring Motifs
- animal imageryplace and memorysports (baseball) motifs
Legacy
Recognized for combining SF elements with literary sensibility; the Akutagawa Prize boosted her wider recognition. Her background in fine arts informs vivid visual description and careful observation of animals and places.
In Popular Culture
- Her identity as a baseball fan has been featured in media and interviews
Trivia
- She began writing fiction in her 30s.
- Originally studied fine arts (Nihonga) and painted animals.
- A passionate professional baseball fan (publicly a fan of the Yokohama DeNA BayStars).