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第4回（1997年） excellence award
Takuya Tazawa
たざわ たくや
Tazawa Takuya
プロフィール
- 性別
- 男性
- 生誕
- 1952-03-01 （Sotogahama, Higashitsugaru District, Aomori Prefecture, Japan）
- 国籍
- Japan
- 言語
- Japanese
経歴
- 職業
- non-fiction writer, author
- 活動期間
- 1991年〜
学歴
| 学校 | 学部 | 学科 | 学位 | 期間 | 国 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School | — | — | — | — | Japan |
| Waseda University, Faculty of Law | Faculty of Law | Department of Law | — | — | Japan |
Aomori Prefectural Aomori High School
国:
Japan
Waseda University, Faculty of Law
Faculty of Law
/ Department of Law
国:
Japan
Worked at a publishing company before becoming a writer
受賞歴
| 年 | 賞名 | 対象作品 | 部門 | 主催 | 結果 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
対象作品:
Muslim Japan
主催:
Organizer: 4th 21st Century International Nonfiction Award (later Shogakukan Nonfiction Award)
結果:
優秀賞
8th Kaikō KEN Prize
1999
対象作品:
Between Sky and Mountain: The Iwaki Mountain Accident — Five Days of Odate Hōmei High School Students
主催:
Kaikō Prize Committee
結果:
受賞
受賞・候補エディション
作品
代表作
Muslim Japan
1998年 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年 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年 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年 novelA novel later adapted into a manga illustrated by Kenji Morita and serialized in a magazine.
human dramacreation and expression
映像化・舞台化
- [manga] Touch Up (manga) (2008)
全著作
- 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
翻案
- Touch Up (manga adaptation)
作風・主題
- 文体
- fact-driven nonfiction stylereportage-based investigative approach
- 頻出モチーフ
- biographical profileshighlighting social issuesregional history
評価・遺産
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.
大衆文化への影響
- Manga adaptation of the novel Touch Up (serialized in Big Comic Superior)
豆知識
- 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.