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Yoko Tawada

たわだ ようこ

Tawada Yoko

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1960-03-23 （Nakano-ku, Tokyo, Japan）
Nationality
Japan
Languages
Japanese, German
Residence History
Hamburg (1982-2006) → Berlin (2006-)

Career

Occupations
Novelist, Poet
Active Years
1991-
Memberships
Japan Art Academy
Influenced By
Paul Celan, Franz Kafka

Education

Tokyo Metropolitan Tachikawa High School
Country: Japan
Waseda University Faculty of Letters, First Department
Faculty of Letters, First Department / Russian Literature
Country: Japan
University of Hamburg Graduate School
Degree: 修士
Country: Germany
University of Zurich Graduate School
Degree: 博士（ドイツ文学）
Country: Switzerland

Awards

Gunzō New Writers' Prize
1991
Work: Kakato wo Nakushite
Organization: Kodansha
Result: Winner
Akutagawa Prize
1993
Work: Inumukoiri
Organization: Bungeishunjū
Result: Winner
Chamisso Prize
1996
Result: Winner
Izumi Kyōka Literary Prize
2000
Work: Hinagiku no Ocha no Baai
Result: Winner
Bunkamura Dumago Literary Prize
2002
Work: Spherical Time
Organization: Bunkamura
Result: Winner
Itō Sei Literature Award
2003
Work: Yōgisha no Yakō Ressha
Result: Winner
Tanizaki Prize
2003
Work: Yōgisha no Yakō Ressha
Organization: Chuokoron-Shinsha
Result: Winner
Goethe Medal
2005
Organization: Goethe-Institut
Result: Winner
Waseda University Tsubouchi Shōyō Award
2009
Organization: Waseda University
Result: Winner
Murasaki Shikibu Literary Prize
2011
Work: Niso to Cupid no Yumi
Result: Winner
Noma Literary Prize
2011
Work: Yuki no Renshūsei
Organization: Noma Cultural Foundation
Result: Winner
Yomiuri Literary Prize
2013
Work: Kumo wo Tsukamu Hanashi
Organization: Yomiuri Shimbun
Result: Winner
Art Encouragement Prize by MEXT
2013
Work: Kumo wo Tsukamu Hanashi
Organization: Agency for Cultural Affairs
Result: Winner
Kleist Prize
2016
Result: Winner
Japan Foundation Award
2018
Organization: Japan Foundation
Result: Winner
National Book Award
2018
Work: Kentoushi
Category: 翻訳部門
Organization: National Book Foundation
Result: Winner
Asahi Prize
2020
Organization: Asahi Shimbun
Result: Winner
Medal with Purple Ribbon
2020
Organization: Government of Japan
Result: Recipient
Honorary Doctorate from SOAS, University of London
2022
Organization: SOAS, University of London
Result: Honorary
Mainichi Publishing Culture Award
2023
Work: Taiyō Shotō
Organization: Mainichi Shimbun
Result: Winner
Prix Fragonard de littérature étrangère
2023
Result: Winner
Japan Art Academy Award & Imperial Prize
2024
Organization: Japan Art Academy
Result: Winner

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