Bungei Award
1 appearances
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Edition 56 (2019) award
Haruka Tono
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Tono Haruka
Pen Names:
Haruno Haruka（Used for children's literature）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1987-06-12 （Sendai, Miyagi, Japan）
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
- Residence History
- Sendai (childhood to university entry) → Tokyo (2010–present)
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Short story writer, Essayist
- Active Years
- 2011-
- Influenced By
- Haruki Murakami, Banana Yoshimoto
- Influenced
- Hanako Yamada, Ruri Sato
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tohoku University | Faculty of Letters | Department of Japanese Literature | Bachelor of Arts | 2005–2009 | Japan |
Tohoku University
Faculty of Letters
/ Department of Japanese Literature
Degree:
Bachelor of Arts
Period:
2005–2009
Year of Graduation:
2009
Country:
Japan
Specialized in modern Japanese literature. Undergraduate thesis on 'The Narrative of Sea and Memory'.
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Sakura Literary Prize | The Box That Crosses the Sea | 長編小説 | Sakura Literary Society | 受賞 |
| 2013 | Wakaba New Writer Award | Creatures of Water | 短編 | Wakaba Literary Promotion Association | 受賞 |
Sakura Literary Prize
2024
Work:
The Box That Crosses the Sea
Category:
長編小説
Organization:
Sakura Literary Society
Result:
受賞
Wakaba New Writer Award
2013
Work:
Creatures of Water
Category:
短編
Organization:
Wakaba Literary Promotion Association
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Akutagawa Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 163 (2020) award
Works
Major Works
The Box That Crosses the Sea
2023 Novel 312 pagesA novel about a woman's journey to recover memories lost by the sea in her childhood and the secrets entrusted to a mysterious box. Noted for its lyrical prose where reality and fantasy intertwine.
memoryjourneythe sealoss and rebirth
Adaptations
- [Film] The Box That Crosses the Sea / 竹内亮 (2025)
Translations
- English translation: The Box That Crosses the Sea (tr. Anna Sato, 2025)
The Sound of Night
2016 Short story collection 176 pagesA collection of short stories depicting slices of life in the city's night. Features quiet, detailed psychological portrayals and stories that illuminate the extraordinary at the edges of everyday life.
lonelinessurban lifetime
Adaptations
- [Radio drama] The Sound of Night (selected shorts) / 小林智子 (2018)
Translations
- English translation: The Sound of Night (tr. Michael Greene, 2019)
Bibliography
- Creatures of Water (short story, 2012)
- The Sound of Night (short story collection, 2016)
- Summer Shadows (novella, 2019)
- The Box That Crosses the Sea (novel, 2023)
Adaptations
- The Box That Crosses the Sea (film adaptation, 2025)
- The Sound of Night (radio drama adaptation, 2018)
Translations of Works
- The Box That Crosses the Sea — English edition (tr. Anna Sato, 2025)
- The Sound of Night — English edition (tr. Michael Greene, 2019)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Lyrical, symbolic descriptionsCalm prose with a languid sense of time
- Recurring Motifs
- seaboxesmemoryjourney
Legacy
An acclaimed contemporary Japanese writer among the younger generation. Her work, centered on motifs of memory and the sea, quietly examines personal loss and renewal and has received critical attention.
Academic Societies
- Association for Contemporary Japanese Literature
Archives
- Tohoku University Library, Modern Literature Archives
In Popular Culture
- The novel's motif of the 'box' has been picked up as a motif on social media
Quotes
-
Memory is a light sunk to the bottom of the sea.
Source: The Box That Crosses the Sea (2023) (2023)
Trivia
- She drinks only black coffee while writing.
- Her cat is named 'Ushio' (Tide).
- Originally from Tohoku and often depicts seascapes in her work.