R-18 Literary Award for Women by Women
1 appearances
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Edition 2 (2003) excellence award
Touko Masaki
まさき とうこ
Masaki Touko
Pen Names:
Touko（Pen name used for early short stories）
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Novelist, Translator
- Active Years
- 2008-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | New Writers' Literary Prize | Glass City | — | Literary Prize Committee | 受賞 |
New Writers' Literary Prize
2024
Work:
Glass City
Organization:
Literary Prize Committee
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Glass City
2023 Novel 320 pagesA novel that delicately portrays the loneliness and memories of people living in a contemporary city. Its structure travels between past and present through motifs of windows and reflections.
citylonelinessmemory
Bibliography
- Glass City
- Windows at Dawn
- The Sound of Water
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- lyrical, descriptive proseattention to tactile detail
- Recurring Motifs
- windowglasswater
Legacy
An emerging writer noted for works on urban loneliness and memory. She is recognized for contributing sensuous descriptive writing to contemporary Japanese fiction.
Quotes
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All that lay beyond the window was the shadow of myself I'd forgotten.
Source: Glass City (2023)
Trivia
- No Wikipedia entry exists at time of writing
- Gained early recognition for short stories