Gentosha Outlaw Grand Award
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (2005) grand prize
Tsutomu Tsukada
つかだ つとむ
Tsukada Tsutomu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1974-01-01
- Nationality
- Japan
- Languages
- Japanese
Career
- Occupations
- Writer
- Active Years
- 2005-
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Gentosha Outlaw Award | That's Why I Can't Quit Sanya: 'I' Was a Day Laborer for 180 Days | ノンフィクション部門 | Gentosha | Winner |
Gentosha Outlaw Award
2005
Work:
That's Why I Can't Quit Sanya: 'I' Was a Day Laborer for 180 Days
Category:
ノンフィクション部門
Organization:
Gentosha
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
That's Why I Can't Quit Sanya: 'I' Was a Day Laborer for 180 Days
2005 Non-fictionA nonfiction account of 180 days the author spent as a day laborer in Tokyo's Sanya district. Through work scenes, daily life, and interactions with colleagues, it depicts the realities of the urban underclass.
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Bibliography
- That's Why I Can't Quit Sanya: 'I' Was a Day Laborer for 180 Days (2005)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- reportage-like, field-focused descriptioncolloquial and direct narration
- Recurring Motifs
- workers' perspectivepoverty and daily lifeurban shadows
Legacy
A nonfiction writer who debuted after winning the Gentosha Outlaw Award. Known for a book about day laborers' lives in Sanya; available sources are limited and his broader literary influence and academic reception are modest.
Trivia
- Debuted in 2005 after winning the Gentosha Outlaw Award (Non-fiction) with 'That's Why I Can't Quit Sanya.'
- Some publicly available information lacks citations; verification of sources is recommended.
- A related Twitter account (mobile.twitter.com/solocampchannel) is listed in external links, but authoritative biographical sources are limited.