Shogakukan Nonfiction Grand Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 4 (1997) excellence award
Takuya Tazawa
たざわ たくや
Tazawa Takuya
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1952-03-01 （Sotogahama, Higashitsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- non-fiction writer, author
- Active Years
- 1991-
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Law | Faculty of Law | Department of Law | — | — | Japan |
Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School
Country:
Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Law
Country:
Japan
Worked at a publishing company before becoming a writer
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 4th 21st Century International Nonfiction Award (Excellence Prize) | Muslim Japan | — | Organizer: 4th 21st Century International Nonfiction Award (later Shogakukan Nonfiction Award) | 優秀賞 |
| 1999 | 8th Kaikō KEN Prize | Between Sky and Mountain: The Iwaki Mountain Accident — Five Days of Odate Hōmei High School Students | — | Kaikō Prize Committee | 受賞 |
4th 21st Century International Nonfiction Award (Excellence Prize)
1997
Work:
Muslim Japan
Organization:
Organizer: 4th 21st Century International Nonfiction Award (later Shogakukan Nonfiction Award)
Result:
優秀賞
8th Kaikō KEN Prize
1999
Work:
Between Sky and Mountain: The Iwaki Mountain Accident — Five Days of Odate Hōmei High School Students
Organization:
Kaikō Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Muslim Japan
1998 non-fictionA reportage-style nonfiction account documenting Muslim communities and faith in Japan.
religionimmigrant communitiescontemporary society
Between Sky and Mountain: The Iwaki Mountain Accident — Five Days
1999 non-fiction (disaster reportage)A detailed reportage on the Iwaki Mountain accident, recounting the ordeal of high school students and rescue efforts.
mountain accidentsrescue operationsyouth narratives
The Phantom: A Biography of Shuji Terayama
1996 biography / non-fictionA critical biography tracing the life and work of the avant-garde poet and playwright Shuji Terayama.
biographyart historycultural criticism
Touch Up
2008 novelA novel later adapted into a manga illustrated by Kenji Morita and serialized in a magazine.
human dramacreation and expression
Adaptations
- [manga] Touch Up (manga) (2008)
Bibliography
- Sumitomo Bank Personnel Division 2: Testimonies and Trajectories of 25 Former Heiwa Mutual Bank Employees
- How to Use the Nikkei: Gain an Edge in Business by Reading It This Way
- "The 18-Inning Game That Never Ended": The Legendary Final — Misawa vs. Matsuyama Commercial
- The Phantom: A Biography of Shuji Terayama
- Muslim Japan
- Between Sky and Mountain: The Iwaki Mountain Accident — Five Days
- Ex-Salarymen Turned Farmers: Our Rural Odyssey
- The Man of 100 Famous Mountains: A Biography of Kyūya Fukada
- Master of the Useless: A Biography of Poet Hōyo Yamazaki
- I Quit Salaryman Life: The Aftermath for Those Who Left Corporate Work
- Walking with Eiichi Shibusawa: An Industrial Giant Who Practiced the Public Good
- Men of Sotogahama
- How to Make Dazai Osamu
- Famous Places of Edo
- Great and Strange Figures of Edo: A Rousing History of the Period through Its People
- Legendary Sword Masters of Edo: 260 Years of Samurai Seen Over the Blade
Adaptations
- Touch Up (manga adaptation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- fact-driven nonfiction stylereportage-based investigative approach
- Recurring Motifs
- biographical profileshighlighting social issuesregional history
Legacy
Takuya Tazawa is known for solid, report-based nonfiction and biographies that shed light on contemporary Japanese history and social issues. His novel Touch Up being adapted into a manga shows crossover influence into popular culture.
In Popular Culture
- Manga adaptation of the novel Touch Up (serialized in Big Comic Superior)
Trivia
- Born in 1952.
- Worked at a publishing company before becoming a writer.
- His novel Touch Up was adapted into a manga illustrated by Kenji Morita.