Bungei Award
1 appearances
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Edition 17 (1980) award
Yasuo Tanaka
たなか やすお
Tanaka Yasuo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- novelist, writer, politician
- Active Years
- 1980-
- Nominations
- Nominated for the 84th Akutagawa Prize (1981)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitotsubashi University | Faculty of Law | Department of Law | — | — | Japan |
Hitotsubashi University
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Law
Country:
Japan
At time of publication he was a fourth-year student at Hitotsubashi University, Faculty of Law.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | Bungei Prize | Nantonaku, Crystal | — | Bungei (Kawade Shobo Shinsha) | 受賞 |
Bungei Prize
1980
Work:
Nantonaku, Crystal
Organization:
Bungei (Kawade Shobo Shinsha)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Nantonaku, Crystal
1980 NovelCentered on Yuri, a female university student living in Tokyo, the novel portrays 1980s trends, fashions and brand culture in a distinctive style accompanied by numerous annotations. Regarded as an early example of postmodern Japanese literature; the book edition was published in 1981 and sales exceeded one million copies.
postmodern literatureyouth culturebrandsurban lifedemographic decline
Adaptations
- [Film] Nantonaku, Crystal / 松原信吾 (1981)
Bibliography
- Nantonaku, Crystal
- Brilliant Afternoon
- Nantonaku, Crystal: 33 Years Later
- Our Era
Adaptations
- Nantonaku, Crystal (film, 1981; dir. Shingo Matsubara)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- metafictional style with extensive annotationsfragmented, conversational narration
- Recurring Motifs
- brandsannotations/footnotesTokyo place namesstatistical data such as birthrate
Legacy
Regarded as a pioneering postmodern work in Japan and emblematic of 1980s brand culture; it became a bestseller with over one million copies sold in various editions, spawned a film adaptation and a later sequel, and influenced popular discourse.
In Popular Culture
- The title became a buzzword and spawned the term 'Crystal tribe' (クリスタル族).
- Commonly abbreviated as 'Nan-Kuri'.
Quotes
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Nantonaku, Crystal
Source: Nantonaku, Crystal (1980)
Trivia
- Often abbreviated as 'Nan-Kuri'.
- The original edition contained 442 annotations (the sequel has 438).
- Reported total sales of the book editions exceeded one million copies.
- Adapted into a film by Shochiku in 1981, which did not perform well commercially.